[tang-soo]

That's true, however, up until Arafat and the PLO hijacked the term in the 1960's many from that area referred to themselves as Palestinians. I think what the professor was trying to ge across is that there is no peoplegroup called Palestinians. There is no Palestinian history, art, coinage, language ... etc. It would be like me saying I'm an ethnic Buckeye (some would argue - grin). Palestine is a holdover from 1st century when a Roman leader (can't remember name) tried to force Roman culture on the Jews by renaming Judea to Phillistia (Latin for the land of the Phillistines - Israel's number one enemy). The prof is correct. There are no ethnic Palestinians other than in the minds of Arabs (or other ethnic semites from the region) that call themselves the PLO. Its Madison Ave. propaganda.

[tang-soo]

...many from that area referred to themselves as Palestinians...

I meant to say "including Jews" here. A Jewish newspaper in the region during the late 1930's was name the "Palestine Post". It was later renamed to the familar "Jerusalem Post". If Palestine meant back then what is beleived by most today, they would not have chosen thatname.