[wds]

Let's go back one further to 1947 where there was no Israel, and it was all Palestine.

[quickthrowman]

Do you mean the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, administered by the British between 1920-1948 after the Ottoman Empire collapsed?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine

[cholantesh]

They mean the name that has been used for the region for much of human history.

[quickthrowman]

How is that relevant?

Yes, the name Palestine is derived from the Philistines who used to inhabit the area 3500 years ago. The region has been urbanized for 7-9k years and inhabited by many different groups. Jews, Greeks, Romans, Muslims, and I’m sure there’s more. It has an exceedingly complex history.

[cholantesh]

And the name _Israel_ is derived from another Bronze Age tribe, from which Zionists draw the legitimacy of their project. Rather a fatuous question.

[JumpCrisscross]

> where there was no Israel, and it was all Palestine

A British colony. Taken from the Ottomans.