check this out Aught six,
http://www.levitt.com/essays/palestine.html
according to this article,
There is a propaganda war going on now with regard to the term "Palestine." . It is specifically employed to avoid the use of the name Israel, and must be considered an anti-Israel term.
The term Palestine is rarely used in the Old Testament, and when it is, it refers specifically to the southwestern coastal area of Israel occupied by the Philistines.
In the New Testament, the term Palestine is never used.
The term Israel is primarily used to refer to the people of Israel, rather than the Land. However, in at least two passages, Israel is used to refer to the Land:
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Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the
land of Israel: for they are dead who sought the young child"s life. And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the
land of Israel. (Matt. 2:20-21)
But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say to you, Ye shall not have gone over
the cities of Israel, till the Son of man shall have come. (Matt. 10:23)
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The first passage is when Joseph, Mary and Jesus returned from Egypt to Israel, and the second has reference to the proclamation of the Gospel throughout the Land of Israel. Jesus, Matthew and the angel speaking to Joseph use the term Israel with reference to the Land, even though the term was not then recognized by the Roman authorities.
It is interesting to note that the original Philistines were not Middle Eastern at all. They were European peoples from the Adriatic sea next to Greece. It may have pleased Hadrian to utilize this Hellenistic term for the Jewish land. In any case, the original "Palestinians" had nothing to do, whatsoever, with any Arabs.
THEN JUST TO ADD TO THE MESS ( don't know if we can believe either one )
there's a piece from this article:
http://www.answers.com/topic/palestine
Ancient Palestine
The earliest known inhabitants of Palestine were of the same group as the Neanderthal inhabitants of Europe.
By the 4th millennium
B.C. Palestine was inhabited by herders and farmers. It was in the 3d millennium that most of the towns known in historical times came into existence.
They became centers of trade for Egyptian and Babylonian goods. During the 2d millennium, Palestine was ruled by the Hyksos and by the Egyptians.
Toward the end of this period Moses led the Hebrew people (see
Jews) out of Egypt, across the Sinai, and into Palestine.
Around 1200
B.C., the Philistines ("Sea Peoples") invaded the southern coastland and established a powerful kingdom (see
Philistia).
The Hebrews were subject to the Philistines until c.1000
B.C., when an independent Hebrew kingdom was established under
Saul, who was succeeded by
David and then by
Solomon.
After the expansionist reign of Solomon (c.950
B.C.), the kingdom broke up into two states, Israel, with its capital at Samaria, and Judah, under the house of David, with its capital at Jerusalem.
The two kingdoms were later conquered by expanding Mesopotamian states, Israel by
Assyria (c.720
B.C.) and Judah by
Babylonia (586
B.C.).
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Iran's Ahmadinejad: U.S. Responsible for Growing Mideast Violence
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