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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the first clear use of the name "Palestine" was in the 5th century B.C. by Ancient Greek historian Herodotus?
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The article sets a very ancient date for the area being known as Palestine but does so by presuming that Peleset referred to Palestinians. In fact, this almost certainly referred to Philistines, a people expelled by Egypt, maybe about 2 centuries after Moses was expelled. Contrarily, at about the same time, there was a kingdom in coastal Syria known as Palistin. So, yes, "Peleset" seems similar to "Palestine," (especially figuring "ine" to be a Greek suffix), but given that we know Peleset referred to Philistines, and that there was a separate kingdom of Palestin, it seems unlikely to me, a non-academic on such a matter, that the Philistines gave the southern/western Lavant the name "Palestine," instead of Palestin. Or am I ignorant of something which has been left unsaid? 2600:8806:1002:4C00:9104:277C:7691:DF3F (talk) 14:50, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
In Arabic Phillistines and Palestinians are the same word - Filistini. This causes great confusion. In Hebrew Peleset refers to Palestinians, Philistini refers to Philistines. DNA evidence shows there is no Philistine DNA in Palestinians. this is a great piece of reserch that describes it all https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEmMdBfD3OQ&t=2699sAlanlevin (talk) 12:27, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
How about an RS describing it? Slatersteven (talk) 12:30, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
No, in Hebrew it’s falestinim. Peleshet was Gaza the land of the philisties that don’t exist today Zapmufins (talk) 05:32, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"At the time, Palestine's population was 1,845 thousand people, of which a minority of 608 thousand were Jews (33% of the population)."
The original numbers are 608,000 and 1,845,000 - I have no idea why they are presented in this confusing way (half numbers, half words) 194.223.4.117 (talk) 02:26, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The very fact that Slatersteven finds the original comment confusing proves why it is a problem 128.187.112.15 (talk) 22:19, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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“ The first written records referring to Palestine emerged in the 12th-century BCE Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt, which used the term Peleset for a neighboring people or land.”
Edit request to either remove or clarify with source why a neighboring region is conflated with Palestine. 2603:8001:7401:6254:D031:6813:D5DA:61B7 (talk) 23:28, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: I believe the written records came from Egypt, and those written records referred to what is now Palestine using the term "Peleset". Does that help clarify things? Staraction (talk | contribs) 23:54, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
this is supposed to be called israel as people don’t know the fact that the roman’s renamed the land palestine
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Tollens (talk) 09:16, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"Gaza's population is expected to increase to 2.1 million people in 2020" outadedness[edit]
It's 2024, we need to change the tense of that statement and/or verify whether or not the prediction came true. Polishedrelish (talk) 04:19, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]