The Palestinians use this outdated and erroneous term to try and incite a popularized idea in the West that the area west of the Jordan river somehow belongs to them and that the historically and factually accurate term "Israel" is illegitimate.
The fact is, there really is no such place as Palestine. From Wikipedia:
"Palestine is a Latinized name given to the region of the Iudaea Province by the Roman emperor Hadrian[6][7] following the crushing Bar Kochba's revolt in 132-135[8] in an attempt to suppress Jewish national feelings."
This is as incorrect as it is to call Russia the Soviet Union, or Berlin, East Germany.
The Palestinians use this outdated and erroneous term to try and incite a popularized idea in the West that...
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The Palestinians use this outdated and erroneous term to try and incite a popularized idea in the West that the area west of the Jordan river somehow belongs to them and that the historically and factually accurate term "Israel" is illegitimate.
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The fact is, there really is no such place as Palestine. From Wikipedia:
"Palestine is a Latinized name given to the region of the Iudaea Province by the Roman emperor Hadrian[6][7] following the crushing Bar Kochba's revolt in 132-135[8] in an attempt to suppress Jewish national feelings."
This is as incorrect as it is to call Russia the Soviet Union, or Berlin, East Germany.
The Palestinians use this outdated and erroneous term to try and incite a popularized idea in the West that...
HalfWholeDiminished 3 years ago