Palestine

First, let’s clarify something: Palestine has always been the name of a region, much like the Amazon or Siberia. It was never a country or nation-state. The name Palestine itself was given by the Romans after they crushed a Jewish rebellion in 135 AD, as part of an attempt to erase Jewish ties to the land. The name comes from the ancient Philistines, and they were already gone 2,000 years ago. So the modern "Palestinians" claiming descent from them makes as much sense as some random Turk claiming to be the lost prince of Troy.

Now, about the people. Even their most iconic "Palestinian", Yasser Arafat, who was born and grew up in Egypt, openly admitted that Palestinians were southern Syrians. In fact, before the creation of Israel, Arabs living in this area didn’t identify as "Palestinians", depending on who would ask, they were simply Muslims or Arabs, with cultural and family ties to Egypt, Syria, and the broader Arab world. It was only after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that a distinct "identity" was engineered.

The claim that Palestine was a country taken by Israel is simply untrue. Before World War I, the region was part of the Ottoman Empire, and afterward, it fell under the British Mandate. There was no sovereign "Palestinian state" and many of the Arab inhabitants of the area came later, drawn by the economic opportunities created by early Jewish settlers who began building farms and factories, offering jobs. Even today, Palestinian surnames often show origins from places like Egypt, Syria, and elsewhere, showcasing that many migrated into the region as the Jewish community began to thrive.

Palestine has always been a geographic region, not a nation. The modern Palestinian identity is a relatively recent creation, born from conflict, not history. And while they now claim statehood, the idea that there was ever a historical Palestinian state before Israel is pure fiction.

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TLDR: There was never a State/Country/Kingdom called "Palestine" and no such a thing as "Palestinians" until it became a political/propaganda tool against Jews/Israel.