Palestine

Genesis 21

Genesis 21:32-34 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. So Abimelech rose with Phichol, the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines. 33 Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting...See more

Exodus 13

Exodus 13:17 Then it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near...

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

'The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine' by Ilan Pappé (Israeli historian)

Aristotle's "Meteorologica" (350 BCE)

Philistia (Palestine) is mentioned in the Bible (the OT aka Tanakh) 13 times: Exodus 15:14; Exodus 23:31; Psalms 60:8; 83:7; 87:4 & 108:9; Isaiah 14:28, 29, 31; Jeremiah 47:1; Ezekiel 25:15; Joel 3:4; Obadiah 1:19 and Philistines (people) 217 times! Palestine is mentioned and...See more

The XI century BCE major cities of the Philistine pentapolis

Genesis 21:33-34 33 Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God. 34 And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines many days. According to the Bible these are the XI century BCE major cities of the Philistine pentapolis, a confederation of five large city-states: Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ekron, Gath and Gaza. Israel’s Philistine Foes Who Were the Philistines? Excavating Gath Sidebar: 10th-Century Philistine Names Mirror Goliath https://armstronginstitute.org/1015-israels-philistine-foes

PHILISTINE = Palestine Canaan BEFORE Israelites' conquests (c.1406 BC)

ATS Bible Dictionary Caphtorim Descendants of Mizraim, and kindred to the Casluhim, near whom they were probably located on the northeast coast of Africa. These last two people are both named as ancestors of the Philistines, Genesis 10:14 De 2:23 Am 9:7; and it is probable that a...See more

Psalm 60:8

"Moab is My washpot; Over Edom I will cast My shoe; Philistia, shout in triumph because of Me.”

November 14, 2023 Are Thousands of Palestinian Lives Enough to Restore israHell's Myth? The American foreign minister, Anthony Blinken, initiated one of his speeches in Israel by saying, “I am here as Jews”. It can be considered an end of the idea that international politics is...See more

PALESTINE, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BRITISH MANDATE – League of Nations. Mandate for Palestine, together with a note by the Secretary-General relating to its application to the territory known as Trans-Jordan. [Cmd. 1785.] London: HMSO, 1922. Rare paper establishing the...See more