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Topic	Israel declares war after massive attack from Hamas.
CyborgSage00x0 10/10/23 12:09:53 PM #31:	darkknight109 posted... Depends on your definition of "Palestine". There has been a place called Palestine (or regional variations thereof) more or less uninterrupted since Antiquity, with the term first showing up in Egyptian records in the 12th century BC. That said, was there ever an independent country named Palestine pre-WW1? No, not really - not unless you go way back in history (and even then that's questionable, given that the idea of "nations" is a relatively modern one). Bingo. There's long been a regional name for the area, but never any sort of nation or even "Palestinian" identity until Israel. Essentially, to be Palestinian now mean "people who live in the Gaza area who aren't Jewish." --- PotD's resident Film Expert. <cite>CyborgSage00x0 posted [p:976579470] in Israel dec... [t:80587529]...</cite> <quote>darkknight109 posted... </cite><quote>Depends on your definition of "Palestine".There has been a place called Palestine (or regional variations thereof) more or less uninterrupted since Antiquity, with the term first showing up in Egyptian records in the 12th century BC. That said, was there ever an independent country named Palestine pre-WW1? No, not really - not unless you go way back in history (and even then that's questionable, given that the idea of "nations" is a relatively modern one).</quote>Bingo. There's long been a regional name for the area, but never any sort of nation or even "Palestinian" identity until Israel. Essentially, to be Palestinian now mean "people who live in the Gaza area who aren't Jewish." --- PotD's resident Film Expert. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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