Why That Texas Town is Named “Palestine”

Arutz 7 ^ | 19 February 2003 | Dr. Rafael Medoff

[AgentEcho]

Palistine,

Alabama
Arkansas
Connecticut
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Mississippi
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Tennesee
Texas
and West Virginia

Now if the Shuttle had zig zaged accross the US and was spotted over all of these cities, I'd allow some credence to this friggin stupid theory.

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[razorback-bert]

Toad Suck (ferry) is my favorite.


Clinton is a pretty town in need of a new name.

[Ditter]

Hey Joe, is that you? heh

[No Truce With Kings]

"I am so glad somebody finally set the record straight."

The way it was explained to me (about 30 seconds after moving to Palestine, TX) was that Pal-iss-tine was the Promised Land. Pal-es-teen was God's Country.

[No Truce With Kings]

"Hey Joe, is that you?"

Nope. You can mark that answer.

[jeremiah]

That is how the peoples in the Middle East also pronounce it. Source, Michael Medved.

[woofie]

When I was young my dad used to hunt doves around Palestine...damn that sounds Biblical....I am in trouble?

[Terriergal]

began crumbling over Palestine, Texas,” and concluded that Allah was punishing America for supporting Israel.

It began crumbling over California. Maybe God was punishing Hollywood.

sheesh. I'll bet it passed over a lot of towns along the way... are they under the Judgement of Allah now too? weird.

[davetex]

Whack job alert.

[JudyB1938]

In Oklahoma, you have to go through Bowlegs to get to Maude.

[humblegunner]

Which do you think would be most likely to change its name? Palestine or Paris, Texas?

Not either of them.
It's up to the foreigners to clear the stigma from the names.
This is Texas.

[brazoschick]

Ha! Good one, but the whole state is God's country. You should have known that. Its like fingernails on a blackboard every time I hear it mispronounced. Glad you got here as soon as you could.

[Hila]

True, it's been established it was over California that the shuttle started coming apart (maybe even before they observed it in California).

[okie01]

"In Oklahoma, you have to go through Bowlegs to get to Maude."

I wonder how old that joke is.

My high school football coach was from Bowlegs...and the story ranked as an old chestnut even then (1954).

[frosty snowman]

In Pennsylvania, there is a Lebanon (pronounced 'Leben-in') and a Bethlehem (the steel town)...

Also pre-1948, the Jews in europe used the term Palestine in reference to the holy lands. The Jerusalem Post was originally called the Palestine Post.

[The South Texan]

We also have an Irann in Texas. Notice the extra "n".

[Illbay]

FWIW, There's also an "Arab, Alabama."

Oh, and it's pronounced "AY-rab."

[Illbay]

Oops, ya beat me to it!

[SwinneySwitch]

I thought it was "Pal-us-teen"?

I called my mother from Italy, TX once! She asked, "What are you doing in Italy?" I said "Eating a burger at the Dairy Queen.";^}