Jews were a tiny minority in Palestine since 70 AD. Most Palestinians were Muslim or Christian.
See the Palestine Papers at the Avalon project, Yale.
They were called Palestinians in Arabia in 1950.
ROFLMAO ----when an arab calls another MUSLIM
a 'BALESTINIAN" ---it's an insult. The people who do it best are the Egyptians---the facial expression of
UTTER DISGUST is remarkable. ----however I do not
believe that the Saudis were THAT VULGAR back
then. The Saudis with whom I have worked were
a lot more diplomatic. I have no doubt that suradie
can cite WRITTEN examples of muslim workers from
"palestina" who were called PALESTINIANS in saudi
arabia-----pre 1960----over to you, Surada. For
anyone interested----visit a large library and look
at travel Journals. In the 19th century ANYONE
called a "palestinian" ---is a JEW. The word
"palestinian" was ADOPTED by muslims and some
christians only after 1960. In some pre 1960 propaganda ----a political PALESTINE MOVEMENT
for their 'fight' against EVIL WESTERN COLONIZATION (to wit---"THE KAFFIRIN ARE HERE") did allude to the word "palestine" which of course muslims
describe as "MUSLIM LAND" thruout the UMMAH grammar school education.
My first encounter with "MUSLIM LAND"
came from a pakistani kid I met at age 14---
and THEN from many muslims from India and Pakistan who call the whole area the MUGHAL
EMPIRE------to wit --more eternally "MUSLIM LAND" compliments of islamic TRIUMPHALISM---just as
the USA is CHRISTENDOM compliments of the
anglicans and catholics who comitted genocide upon
the native populations and did the black africans
a big favor by conferring christianity upon them.
My childhood town was founded by Anglicans
pre-revolutionary war-----the Lenape Indians did
not survive and in my childhood if a black person
was seen walking around----the cops got a call.