We should look at this objectively and not put any religious twists on this. In one of the comments, it was said that the Palestinians were present before Moses. I am the farthest thing from an authority on biblical studies, but I do not remember ever seeing the words "Palestinians" in the bible anywhere. If, on the other hand, this individual commentor meant the "Philistines". that's different. However, the present day Palestinians are in no way related to the Philistines of the bible, and they are the ones. among others, who made that distinction, probably because of the connotation of the word "Philistine". This situation is a gray area. since the West Bank has not been officially declared a state, I don't think Israel's action would be looked upon as a violation of international law as Israel is in control. Some people do say some outlandish things, such as glorifying evil people. How about the Knights Templar? They did some pretty bad things, and some good ones, too. they, too, got their just or injust desserts.

I'm not sure where you are getting that info, Maurice. The Arabic words for Palestine/Palestinian is Philistine/Philistini. Where is your source of them saying that they are not what they call themselves? (Not a challenge I seriously want to know )