Prior to 1948, the Jews and Arabs of the land were called PALESTINIANS ... all of them. They were either Palestinian Arabs or they were Palestinian Jews.
After 1948, the term was abandoned for the Jews and they were simply Israelis. The named remained for the “Palestinian Arabs” though, while the Arab part was dropped — because it became redundant without the term “Palestinian Jew”.
AND THUS ... today we have what remains of that original terminology from history — PALESTINIANS.
ALSO ... please note that the STATE OF ISRAEL officially recognizes these people as “Palestinians”. This is stated in official documents and treaties with Israel. And, when you listen to even the Prime Minister of Israel (Benjamin Netanyahu), he refers to them — ALL THE TIME — as Palestinians.
I think if the State of Israel and the Prime Minister of Israel has no problem in referring to them OFFICIALLY that way, then we shouldn’t either.
The truth of the history remains the same no matter the name you use.
OH ... and one more thing the Jerusalem Post was ORIGINALLY called the “Palestinian Post”. The news of the new state of Israel was printed up in the Palestinian Post.
Yeah, Yeah, the British also called it Palestine, in their ignorance born of their characteristic arrogance.
I think that we shouldn’t listen to left-slanted stuff out of the Israeli government myself.