‘In 1917, in order to win Jewish support for Britain's First World War effort, the British Balfour Declaration promised the establishment of a Jewish national home in Ottoman-controlled Palestine.’

‘More recent studies since 2017 have found that Palestinians are primarily descended from ancient Levantines present in what is today Israel and Palestine, dating back at least 3700 years.’

‘Goliath was not a Palestinebut a Philistine warrior from Greece who lived in the City of Gath, which coincidentally is now part of Gaza. There was no Palestine in the time of Goliath as Palestine was created/named by the Romans when they conquered the area.’

‘Nazareth is the largest Palestinian Arab city inside Israel and one of the holiest ‘Christian’ cities on earth. In the New Testament the town is described as the childhood home of Yahshua and as such is a centre of Christian shrines and pilgrimage, with many shrines commemorating biblical events.’

‘ "Most scholars believe the Roman Emperor Hadrian changed the provincial administrative name of Judaea to Palestine to erase the Jewish presence in the land,"’

‘According to Arab–Islamic–Jewish traditions, Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Hagar was "father of the Arabs". The Book of Genesis narrates that Yahuah promised Hagar to beget from Ishmael twelve princes and turn his descendants into a "great nation". Ishmael was considered the ancestor of Muhammad the founder of Islam.’

‘Between 1517 and 1917, the Ottoman Empire—whose official religion was Islam—ruled the region. When World War I ended in 1918, the British took control of Palestine.’

‘Palestine is the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity, and has been controlled by many kingdoms and powers, including Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel and Judah, the Persian Empire, Alexander the Great and his successors, the Hasmoneans, the Roman Empire, several Muslim caliphates, and the crusaders.’

‘In early times, Palestine was inhabited by Semitic peoples, the earliest being the Canaanites. According to tradition, Abraham, the common ancestor of the Jews and the Arabs, came from Ur to Canaan.’

‘Levant

This name was given to the region by Greek writers in the 12th century B.C. Another term that is used to describe this region of the Middle East is “Levant,” which is an area generally defined as encompassing modern-day Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan.’

‘According to the biblical account, Moses' parents were from the tribe of Levi, one of the groups in Egypt called Hebrews.’