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To: Vendome

Not going to read the whole thing, BUT from what I’ve read elsewhere, the Romans named “Palestine” such because it sounded like “Philistine” as in the nation that antagonized Israel for 1000s of years. It was meant as a dig at Israel long before she had her current borders.


10 posted on 05/19/2011 7:10:43 PM PDT by madison10
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To: madison10

Zactly.


14 posted on 05/19/2011 7:31:47 PM PDT by Vendome ("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
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