Palestine, the Lie — Inveracity
The previous installment examined the effectiveness surrounding the dissemination of anti-Semitic propaganda by a conglomeration of Arabs who would call themselves "Palestinians." Following the model of their Nazi predecessors, the Arabs have effectively unleashed a campaign of misinformation that has been heard and seen with a high degree of frequency. In so doing, they have not only shaped public opinion, but have also been extremely effective in garnering support sympathetic to an ideology that portrays them as "refugees" who have been somehow victimized and displaced by the creation of the Jewish state. In their refusal to recognize Israel's right to exist, they claim the region as their own — delving further into the nonsensical by referring to it as "Palestine."
Behold, the lie — the inveracity in your midst.
And so, for the purposes of this writing, let us assume, if but for a moment, that we have the capability of "time travel" and have elected to traverse the millennia. The period in time is approximately 2,000 BC; the location is the land of Canaan. What would we see?
A Trip Through Time
A Nation Forged by God
In the centuries that followed, Israel would flourish as a nation — forged by the tenacity of Saul, the faith and courage of David, and the wisdom and brilliance of Solomon. David established Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the Jewish people approximately 3,000 years ago — a full millennium before the birth of Islam, and nearly two millennia before any notion of a "Palestinian people" existed in the political imagination of the Arab world. Solomon built the First Temple on Mount Moriah — the same mount where Abraham had offered Isaac, and where God's presence would dwell among His people.
The historical record of Jewish sovereignty in this land is not a matter of religious belief alone — it is confirmed by archaeology, epigraphy, and the written records of every major civilization of the ancient Near East. The Tel Dan Stele, discovered in northern Israel in 1993, contains the first extrabiblical reference to "the House of David" — confirming the historical existence of David's dynasty. The Siloam Tunnel inscription, carved during the reign of Hezekiah, describes the engineering feat recorded in 2 Kings 20:20. The Lachish Letters document the final days before Nebuchadnezzar's siege of Jerusalem. The Cyrus Cylinder records the Persian king's decree allowing the Jewish exiles to return to their homeland.
However, for Israel, intense suffering and persecution would lie ahead in the coming seasons as she would become downtrodden by the Gentiles — enemies who would go on to destroy her eternal capital, Jerusalem, and its inhabitants, as well as the First and Second Temples. However, the same God whose wrath punished Israel for her disobedience would also be the One who would vindicate her in deliverance — time and time again.
Where Are They Now?
The Name "Palestine" — A Roman Insult, Not an Arab Heritage
The very name "Palestine" is itself an act of historical erasure — and it was perpetrated not by Arabs but by Romans. After crushing the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135 AD, the Emperor Hadrian deliberately renamed the province of Judea "Syria Palaestina" — derived from "Philistia," the ancient enemies of Israel — in an explicit attempt to sever the Jewish people's connection to their land. It was a political act of spite, not a recognition of Arab sovereignty. The Arabs who today call themselves "Palestinians" have appropriated a Roman colonial insult as their national identity — a name that has nothing to do with Arab history and everything to do with Rome's attempt to erase Jewish history.
Prior to 1948, the term "Palestinian" was most commonly used to refer to the Jews living in the British Mandate territory. The Jerusalem Post was originally called the Palestine Post. The Jewish Brigade that fought with the Allies in World War II carried the Palestine insignia. Arab leaders of the pre-1948 period consistently rejected the label "Palestinian," insisting they were part of the broader Arab nation. The rebranding of Arab residents of the region as a distinct "Palestinian people" with an ancient national identity is a post-1948 political construction — a deliberate act of narrative engineering designed to reframe the Arab-Israeli conflict as a colonial dispossession rather than what it actually was: a failed Arab military attempt to destroy the newborn Jewish state.
Perspective
The Jewish people would come to know bondage and death — from Babylon to Birkenau — on a level unseen by any other group of people, and they would experience much suffering. However, as is the nature of a God who never parts from His promises, they would be restored to and flourish in their land each time. This was a truth foretold. Unlike the "Palestinian" myth that has been repeatedly and caustically advanced into the global marketplace of ideas, it need not be said a thousand times to become defined as truth.
The historical record does not support the Palestinian narrative. The archaeological record does not support it. The linguistic record does not support it. The genetic record does not support it. The ancient documents of every civilization that touched this land do not support it. What the record does support — overwhelmingly, consistently, and across every discipline of historical inquiry — is the deep, ancient, and unbroken connection of the Jewish people to the land of Israel.
In fact, it needn't be said at all.