If I were a Palestinian...

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ManusJustus said:

superchunk said: 

haha, you are right and wrong. The reason Palestine in arabic sounds like filistin is because there is no letter 'P' equivalent in the arabic language. so 'P' is usually pronounced with an 'F' sound or 'PH' sound. The Philistine people you are thinking of in the Bible are not Semetic origin as Jews and Arabs are. Biblical philastines are long gong my friend. They were actualy people who originated from phoenician areas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philistines

Palestinians as a nation/cultural identity didn't come about until around the late 1800's. However, Arabs have been the majority population in the area since about 300 AD.

Where did you think the word Palestine comes from?

You people have a lot of problems thinking about the progression of population.  The Philistines didnt just disapear, the Jews didnt just disapear, Arabs didnt come into an empty area and populate it all by themselves.  In actuality, modern Palestinians are the decedents of Philistines, Jews, and Arabs.  The Palestinians and their ancestors have been living in Palestine since the beginning of human history.

The Philistines became Canninites.  Then what happened to the Canninites?   No one knows.  They were conquered by the Jews if you believe the bible... then... no one knows... really.

They could just as eaisly be Jewish people now. 

Really as far as I know the Philistines and Canninites were Greek anyway.