There is no letter P in Arabic. Arabs generally can't pronounce the world Palestine and certainly can't spell it in Arabic. Yet they lay claim to the land anyway. I was going to put this in the "say something funny" section, but it's beyond a joke. And the God hating world system seeks to destroy the nation of Israel and give it to the followers of a mass murdering paedophile. Come now Lord Jesus. Put an end to this insanity.
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“It’s Palestine! They were here before you!”
Were they?
Let’s examine it with some history, and show you how wrong this claim really is.
Shchem / Nablus
The ancient Hebrew city of Shchem is located in the Samaria region and is mentioned many times in the Hebrew Bible.
Joshua 24:1
“Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shchem, and summoned them, and they presented themselves before God.”
The Romans conquered this region around the year 70 CE and renamed it “Neapolis,” which means “The New City.” As you know, in Arabic there is no “P,” so it became Nablus.
Hevron / Al Khalil
You may know it as Hebron. The city of the patriarchs. This is where our patriarchs are buried.
Genesis 13:18
“Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar to the Lord.”
One of Abraham’s titles is “the friend,” as in “the friend of God.” The name Hevron is derived from the Hebrew root h-v-r, meaning friendship or companionship.
The name was translated into Arabic as Al-Khalil, which means… drumroll please… the friend.
Shiloakh / Silwan
The biblical Shiloakh was a stream of water that channeled water from the Gihon Spring inside the ancient city of Jerusalem downhill to the Pool of Siloam.
Isaiah 8:6 explicitly mentions “the waters of Shiloah that flow gently.”
Again, the name has been adapted, and today we have the East Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Silwan.
Ein Ganim / Jenin
Another biblical place. Ein Ganim literally means: Ein = spring, Ganim = gardens
So, the spring of gardens.
Joshua 19:21 lists Ein Ganim as a town in the territory of the Tribe of Issachar, and it fits the geography perfectly. The area is rich in water sources, the land is fertile, and it fits the “spring of gardens” description perfectly.
Yerikho / Ariha
You may know it as Jericho. The city Joshua circled around seven times when he led the Hebrews into the biblical land of Israel, and then captured it.
Joshua 6:20
“So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown… and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city.”
Azzah / Ghazza
You may know it as Gaza. Another ancient city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In this city, the Israelites fought with the Philistines, a sea people from the Aegean region who settled along the coast. Jewish presence in Gaza is attested by at least the late First Temple and Persian periods (7th-6th centuries BCE).
Judges 16:21 (Samson)
“And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza.
And they bound him with bronze shackles, and he ground at the mill in the prison.”
Yafo / Yafa
You may know it as Jaffo. This is the city where the biblical story of the prophet Yonah (in Arabic he’s known as ‘Younes’) takes place. God tells him to go to Nineveh and warn the people. He boards a ship through the biblical port of Yafo.
Jonah 1:3
“But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Jaffa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare and went on board…”
Arabs renamed this biblical city to Yafa.
More examples? Sure.
Shomron was renamed by the Romans to Sebaste, which later became the Arab town Sebastia.
Bet Shean, a name that appears in the Book of Samuel, was renamed Beisan. Even the name Bisan comes from this ancient city. Do you think the Palestinian influencer Bisan Owda knows the Hebrew origins of her name?
Bet El? Let’s call it Beitin from now on.
The Hebrew roots of this land are undeniable. This is why we keep finding ancient coins from 2,000 years ago, 2,000-year-old Jewish purity baths, Hebrew scrolls, Hebrew seals, and ancient winepresses.
“Palestine” comes from ‘Syria Palaestina’, the name the Romans imposed on Judea after destroying Jerusalem and the Temple, looting it, desecrating it, stealing the Menorah, and carving that theft into the Arch of Titus in Rome.
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