Except that there was no such place as Palestine - Jesus lived in Roman occupied Israel.
Hadrian changed the name to Syria Palestine and it was referred to as Palestine at various times up until 1948. IMRIC.
I welcome sources to the contrary.
Since it was named Judea before Hadrian then we can easily conclude the Jews were there first.
Old Jewish joke: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Chairman Yasir Arafat are finally sitting down to negotiate. Sharon opened with a 'biblical' tale.
"Before the Israelites came to the Promised Land and settled here, Moses led them for 40 years through the desert. One day, miraculously, a stream appeared. They drank and then decided to bathe. When Moses came out of the water, he found all his clothes missing."
" 'Who took my clothes?' Moses asked. 'It was the Palestinians,' replied the Israelites."
"Wait a minute," interrupted Arafat. "There were no Palestinians during the time of Moses!"
"All right," smirked Sharon, "now that we've got that settled, let's start talking."
I think he was referring to the excavation site.