Except, there was never a Palestinian nation with the inhabitants being Palestinian of ethnicity. The region (which always had Jews and later Arabs) was called Palestine by the Romans to mock the Judeans/Jews living there -
The Philistinians were European Sea Peoples who colonized that area. Romans said, "let's call this region Syria-Palestina", and it happened. Ironically, European colonialists named Palestine whilst occupying it and subjugating its peoples (who were Jews at that time)!
Not sure if you knew this fact up there, but many pro-Palestinian folks didn't and they get really shocked when people tell them the ironic history of the area. They think Palestine was a brown Arab nation that was swarmed by Ashkenazi colonialists. Except the Palestine region was always occupied by foreigners - Romans, Ottomans, Brits and now Israel/Jews...But people seem to get mad that Jews reclaimed their own land? Interesting....
How would you feel if say Italians took over Belgium, then after the native Belgians come back to reclaim it (even with some violent operations), people start calling Belgium a terrorist state? You wouldn't like it. Again, no country's history is fucking clean. You don't fight for your land with words. Of course people will die and atrocities can occur. It's a sad fact.
Palestinian Arabs can have their own state somewhere in the West Bank. But they denied the two-state solution like 4 times! They want a one-state solution and they want all Israel being "Palestine" ("from the river to the sea", duh!). Weirdoes don't know their history. It's like native Americans demanding the USA being called, well, the USA, or Aboriginals wanting Australia being called "Australia". Palestinian Arabs should use an Arab/Semitic title for their country (
there is no P in Arabic btw). Personally, I think "Canaan" is more suited. It's anti-colonial and its name is native to the region (
again, "Palestine" is a Greek/Roman colonial name for the occupied region).
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