Ironically enough, I have noticed that many of the towns Jesus spent his childhood in or happened to visit such as Bethleham, Nazareth, Galilee (inside Israel), and East Jerusalem home to the via dossa (apologize for the misspell) are populated by a large Palestinian majority except for Galilee which has a small Palestinian minority. Although the West Bank was then known as Judea, today it is home to more than two million Palestinian Arabs and Jesus' birthplace happens to be in a future Palestinian state.
Biblically, the idea of Palestine is ignored and probably never mentioned in the bible. Only the name of Israel is mentioned. I haven't came across the name in the text but there are bibles that carry maps with Palestine written on it.
Historically, Palestine has been a part of world history. Prophet Muhammad's night travel, the Crusades, the Ottoman Empire and our concept of the HolyLand in historic terms until 1948, have all taken place inside Palestine.
2006-06-20
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