If there never was a Palestine, why did the author of "The Jewish State", Theodor Herzl suggest to his people

Question

that they move there? He specifially mentioned Palestine by name/

Answer 1

There was a Palestine with it's native people even when
Moses landed there. That was a fact mentioned even in old testament. These Palestinians are the descendants of the same native people that are there from the beginning of time.

Answer 2

Nobody ever claims there was never a place that went by the name of Palestine.
What is true is that there was never an independant STATE called Palestine that belonged to those that are called today Palestinians.
As a matter of fact, before 1948, a lot of literature and media, when referring to "Palestinians", were actually referring to the JEWISH inhabitants of the Ottoman, then British colony.

Answer 3

Palestine was the name of the British mandate (kind of like a colony). That Great Britain received after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Thus Palestinians are the Arabs that moved out of that area when it became Israel. But in fact when Palestine was still a British mandate all people who were born there, Jewish or Muslim were called Palestinian.

Answer 4

where did u hear that there never was a palestine? Israel was origionally Palestine before it changed names and govermental system

Answer 5

We get it.. you hate Israel. You need to stop veiling your distaste for them in questions and get yourself a blog.