http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine
-----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 8:48 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Obama power drunk on the Middle East While Palestine in some form or another was sometimes used to refer to the land it never represented a nation, ever. There was never a country called Palestine. The name came from the Romans mocking the Jews by naming it after their old enemy the Philistines. Yet it was not actually used to represent a specific place and people until the British thought it would be cute to bring back long extinct biblical enemies. On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > From Wikipedia... > > According to Moshe Sharon, Palaestina was commonly used to refer to the > coastal region, and shortly thereafter, the whole of the area inland to the > west of the Jordan River.[7] à The latter extension occurred when the Roman > authorities, following the suppression of the Bar Kokhba rebellion in the 2nd > century CE, renamed "Provincia Judea" (Iudaea Province; originally derived > from the name "Judah") to "Syria Palaestina" (Syria Palaestina), in order to > complete the dissociation with Judaea.[16][17] > > The name was first referenced in Ancient Egypt... > > The name "Palestine" is the cognate of an ancient word meaning "Philistines" > or "Land of the Philistines".[7][8][9] à The earliest known mention is > thought to be in Ancient Egyptian texts of the temple at Medinet Habu which > record a people called the P-r-s-t (conventionally Peleset) among the Sea > Peoples who invaded Egypt in Ramesses III's reign.[10] à The Hebrew name > Peleshet (äÃÅéê PÃâ¢léshseth)- usually translated as > Philistia in English, is used in the Bible to denote the southern coastal > region that was inhabited by the Philistines to the west of the ancient > Kingdom of Judah.[11] > > The Assyrian emperor Sargon II called the same region Palashtu or Pilistu in > his Annals.[7][8][8][12] In the 5th century BCE, Herodotus wrote in Ancient > Greek of a 'district of Syria, called Palaistinê" (whence Palaestina, > whence Palestine).[7][13][14][15] > > That looks a bit earlier than modern times. > > It also doesn't matter who else is building walls. à Just because someone > else is doing it doesn't mean it is right for Israel to do so. > > No Humanitarian disaster in Gaza...WTF are you smoking Michael? à Only from > a Zionist...the rest of the world definitely disagrees. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313961 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
