[Scotsman will be Free]

I’ve read that the Philistines were a sea people that I believe had Phoenician origins.
The so called “Palistinians” are arab invaders who moved in after the diaspora.

[Reily]

More likely Aegean something happened in that corner of the world that ended both the Mycenae & Cretan cultures. I think I read that its dated to somewhat before the appearance of the “Sea Peoples”. The “Sea Peoples” are taken to be the forerunners of the Philistines. They made a pest of themselves throughout that area including bringing down a Egyptian dynasty. They eventually settled down in the along the coast from roughly Gaza to the middle of Syria.