Except back when the territory was called Palestine before Israeli independence, "Palestinian" referred to the Jews living there, while the Arabs were just known as Arabs (or Syrian or Egyptian or Bedouin).
So the only clue we really have is that one people subsequently changed their name to try to create a historical connection to the historical name of the administrative area once that name had been abandoned by the other group.
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Nope, what were Palestinian Jews became Israeli Jews after the creation of the state of Israel....................... obviously the none Jews just remained Palestinians.So the only clue we really have is that one people subsequently changed their name to try to create a historical connection to the historical name of the administrative area once that name had been abandoned by the other group.
There never has been a peace process, but rather an annexation process that used the “peace process” as a facade
There never has been a peace process, but rather an annexation process that used the “peace process” as a facade
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There's a difference between the term describing the residence in the territory back then and the term describing the people called Palestinians nowadays.
The territory that was named Palestine wasn't "Palestinian" in the sense that it was under the control or was belonging to the people nowadays called Palestinians.
It's very important to understand such basic terms.
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