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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (577714)7/24/2010 11:02:30 AM
From: d[-_-]b  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572366
 
So when did King David run the place?

The British chose to call the land they mandated Palestine, and the Arabs picked it up as their nation's supposed ancient name, though they couldn't even pronounce it correctly and turned it into Falastin a fictional entity. [In an article by Sarah Honig, Jerusalem Post, November 25, 1995]

The name "Falastin" that Arabs today use for "Palestine" is not an Arabic name. It is the Arab pronunciation of the Roman "Palaestina". Quoting Golda Meir: