I think it was Hadrian who did that, mockingly, as the word was derived from "Philistine", Israel's…

In this article, I’ll refer to Palestine as the historical region of Palestine, a label that Romans adopted. It perdured for 2,000 years, and the British kept that label.
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I think it was Hadrian who did that, mockingly, as the word was derived from "Philistine", Israel's ancient enemies.
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Written by Simon Dillon
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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