The Romans renamed Judea to #Palestine in 135 CE after suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt.
The name “Palestine” was derived from the term “peleshet,” which appears in the Hebrew Bible and is believed to mean “rolling” or “migratory.”
The renaming was was part of a broader #Roman effort to minimize #Jewish identification with the land.
The name “Palestine” became common in Early Modern English and was also used by the #Crusaders in the Middle Ages. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/origin-of-quot-palestine-quot
@paninid@mastodon.world @histodons@a.gup.pe right, it was a Hebrew word word for the Jews until they left that identity to become Israeli.
@specked@social.right.wtf @histodons@a.gup.pe
Is Palestinian Jew not an “identity” in this frame of thinking?
@paninid@mastodon.world @histodons@a.gup.pe No, there have been no Palestinian Jews since 1948.
