I think it’s pertinent to elaborate on your comment with an explanation of ‘philistine’:
It’s a Roman slur given to the Province of Iudaea after the Jewish Roman Wars. The Philistines were wiped out by Alexander and those that weren’t became Macedonian slaves. Palestinians are so far removed from Philistines it’s abjectly pathetic of them to have adopted (er, ‘stolen’) the name.
Post-Roman era, Israelites were the Palestinians. Oh, the irony. I so love to make those points in the middle of liberal conversations on Israel.
>>Post-Roman era, Israelites were the Palestinians. Oh, the irony. I so love to make those points in the middle of liberal conversations on Israel.
Like I said, Israel has a right to exist because it exists. Just about every nation on earth sits on the bones of an earlier nation. It’s kind of dishonest move to call me a liberal because I don’t react to some 2000 year old map as my proof that a nation should exist today. No nation should be destroyed simply because it sits on land previously occupied by someone else, even though Israel did that with the Canaanites!
I agree with you about Israel. I just don’t agree with these childish videos that try to turn it into an issue of emotion. THAT’s what liberals do to “prove” that Palestine should exist. They have videos too, you know.