The word Palestine derives from Philistia, the name given by Greek writers to the land of the Philistines, who in the 12th century BCE occupied a small pocket of land on the southern coast, between modern Tel Aviv–Yafo and Gaza. The name was revived by the Romans in the 2nd century CE in “Syria Palaestina,” designating the southern portion of the province of Syria, and made its way thence into Arabic, where it has been used to describe the region at least since the early Islamic era.
Most of the major news outlets have picked this up, but their source is just the Hamas government. This at least claims to have talked to someone. Hard to know what’s real, but I’m not sure even what resources the major publications have in Gaza. Seems like a dangerous place to be.
It’s very, very hard to believe.
What’s Israel’s strategy with something like that?
If their intent is to murder innocents, there’s easier ways to do it with better deniability.
Will be interesting to see what other reporting emerges.
Israel wants to grow until there is no more Palestine and they have uncontested land posession
There was no Palestine in 1900, it was the Ottoman Empire.
They collapsed after a spanking in WW1.
BBC explains it pretty well:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54116567
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https://www.britannica.com/place/Palestine
Ah, so it’s just British apartheid all over again.
It’s really not if you know anything
A sound rebuttal.
Most of the major news outlets have picked this up, but their source is just the Hamas government. This at least claims to have talked to someone. Hard to know what’s real, but I’m not sure even what resources the major publications have in Gaza. Seems like a dangerous place to be.
Middle East Eye does have a mostly factual rating from Media Bias Fact Check, with the mostly coming from them not revealing their ownership rather than failing fact checking.
Middle East Eye is Aljazzera, owned by Qatar, which have many Muslims Brotherhood’s members.
Not saying they are fake news, but they do run propaganda as well sometimes.