[Motherhood IS a career]

Thanks. I didn't think so either, but wondered about the relationship, since it sounds like the Palestinians borrowed their name from the biblical Philistines.

[Just another Joe]

From what I know, when the British had the mandate over the area after WWII they called it Philistine.(Accent on the first syllable)
The Arab speaking people couldn't pronounce Philistine correctly and called it Falistin. (Accent on the second syllable, the 'i' sounds like the word hit)
The mergence of the two eventually became Palestine. (Accent on the first syllable, long vowel 'i' due to the 'e' on the end of the word.)