Ken Burch
Oct 1, 2024

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Palestinian Arabs(the descendants of the Canaanites, actually) historically called it "Filastin". It became Palestine when the word was Anglicised in English translations of the Christian version of the Bible.

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Ken Burch
Ken Burch

Written by Ken Burch

Retired Alaska ferryboat steward, grandparent, sometime poet. Radical yet independent of dogma. Likes nice days, playing banjo and not as yet dying of Covid.

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