[Daveinyork]

The Romans coined the moniker after the Bar Kochba revolt in 132-135 CE. It was the second devastating revolt of Jews in Judea, and the last of a series of revolts by Jews in the Empire. The Romans renamed the province Palestine, coined from the name of Israel’s ancient enemy, the Philistines, and it was intended to be an insult. I still consider the use of the term to be an insult to Jews.

Many modern day Arabs who consider themselves to be Palestinians lay claim to the land by claiming descent from the Philistines.

[TheThirdRuffian]

Of course, the Philistenes were a sea-faring people, probably from Crete -— and also being idiots who destroyed everything, where we get the insult “cretin.”

So maybe . . . .

[M Kehoe]

I still consider the use of the term to be an insult to Jews.

I concur.

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[stormer]

Fifth century BCE. Herodotus.