That line has been getting quite a bit of play from historically ignorant pro-Hamas protesters in the US, as Christmas approaches. It’s just plain stupid, as Palestine didn’t exist back then. Romans applied the name to their imperial province around AD 132, after a failed Jewish rebellion. They picked the name (which derived from the Greek name for Philistines).
But, anachronism aside, let’s roll with it, and see the implications.
“Jesus was Palestinian.”
Jesus was a Jew residing in the region, descended from other of the many (majority, in fact) Jews long residing in the region.
Therefore, all Jews living in Israel (the bulk of the Roman Palestine) now are Palestinians.
And thus we come to the fact that, by these idiots’ standards, we already have a free Palestinian state.
“Free Palestine” has existed since 1948, when the British gave the Mandate of Palestine its independence. Job done; from the river to the sea. Happy now?
Carl, thanks for a great short and appropriate commentary. You’ve shared another point – and shred a misunderstanding!
I note also (as we’ve talked about on TPOL) that Palestine is a “colonialist” name – imposed on the area by two major colonial powers: the Romans in the 2nd Century and the Brits in the early 19th Century. If we are so anti-colonialist that we must rename hundreds of mountains and creeks (to say nothing of sports teams), then why do our SJWs demand applying such a name?
Yep, you’d think that if these.. pre-Israel activist wanted to show their independence, they’d call themselves “Canaanites.”
I guess i’m the only one who sees the irony of pro hamas protesters screaming about “occupied’ territory while living on land everyone agrees was taken from American Indians. Perhaps they should square accounts with Commanche or Pawnee people 1st. If I had to name a group who might actually have a case against Israeli ‘conquest’ it would be the descendants of the people of Jericho who probably did not appreciate Joshua’s version of closing a real estate deal. But they were not ‘Philistines”.