Israel was always the name of the Jewish people but in general the Bible did not always stick to the modern notion that a people and its land have the same name.

Modern name for palestine. As one of the longest continually inhabited. The term Palestine is believed to be a derivative of the Egyptian and Hebrew word peleshet which means migratory The term was used to describe an Aegean people who came to the region in 12th century BCE and conquered the Mediterranean coastline now known as Gaza. In some instances of modern Hebraization the traditional Palestinian Arabic place name was preserved in the modern Hebrew despite there being a different Hebrew tradition regarding the name as in the case of Banias and where in classical Hebrew.

The modern Palestinian movement has retained this name from the time of the British Protectorate. The land of Israel is sometimes called Palestine From where did that name originate. The name Palestine is given to the region spreading from eastern Mediterranean coast to the Jordan Valley to the area covering Galilee Lake in the north and southern Negev Desert.

Under the British rule the residents of Palestine were called Palestinians. This Greek-cum-Latin name for the region was later adopted by the Arabs who conquered the area in the 7th century and thus the Arabic name for the region Falestin was born. Arab people who call this territory home are known as Palestinians.

Much of this land is now considered present-day Israel. The name Palestine or Philistia פלשת and the name Philistine פלשתי are pretty much the same and Philistine literally means One Of Palestine Philistia. Since Palestine included both modern day Israel and Jordan both Arab and Jewish residents of.

Scholars believe the name Palestine originally comes from the word Philistia which refers to the Philistines who occupied part of the region in the 12th century BC. Many of the place names surviving in the Palestinian dialect of Arabic are considered by scholars to preserve the original ancient or biblical name. Well it starts with the Romans - 2000 years ago.

For the article summary see Palestine summary. Eretz Yisraʾel Philistia Syria Palaestina Below is the full article. Dore Gold former Israeli Ambassador to the UN explains properly that the Romans and the Arabs today use.