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*{{Cite journal |last=Jacobson |first=David M. |date=February 1999 |title=Palestine and Israel |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/1357617 |journal=Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research |language=en |volume=313 |pages=65–74 |doi=10.2307/1357617 |issn=0003-097X |jstor=1357617 |s2cid=163303829}}</ref> This term was derived from “Philistia”, the land of the Philistines, who inhabited the southern coastal regions of what is now the Gaza Strip. Note that the modern Arab Palestinian population who currently inhabit the Gaza strip has nothing to do with the Philistines as they were sea raiders from the Aegean sea.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Philistine |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Philistine-people |access-date=2025-08-10}}</ref> | *{{Cite journal |last=Jacobson |first=David M. |date=February 1999 |title=Palestine and Israel |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/1357617 |journal=Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research |language=en |volume=313 |pages=65–74 |doi=10.2307/1357617 |issn=0003-097X |jstor=1357617 |s2cid=163303829}}</ref> This term was derived from “Philistia”, the land of the Philistines, who inhabited the southern coastal regions of what is now the Gaza Strip. Note that the modern Arab Palestinian population who currently inhabit the Gaza strip has nothing to do with the Philistines as they were sea raiders from the Aegean sea.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Philistine |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Philistine-people |access-date=2025-08-10}}</ref> | ||
The name “[[Definition:Palestine (Region)|Palestine]]” was later adopted by the Romans. After suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135 CE, the Roman Emperor Hadrian renamed the province of Judea to “Syria Palaestina” in an attempt to minimize Jewish identification with the land.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=FELDMAN |first=L. H |date=1990 |title=Some Observations on the Name of Palestine |url=https://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=getRecordDetail&idt=6111507 |journal=Some Observations on the Name of Palestine |volume=61 |pages=1–23 |issn=0360-9049 |jstor=23508170}}</ref> | The name “[[Definition:Palestine (Region)|Palestine]]” was later adopted by the Romans. After suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135 CE, the Roman Emperor Hadrian renamed the province of Judea to “Syria Palaestina” in an attempt to minimize Jewish identification with the land.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=FELDMAN |first=L. H |date=1990 |title=Some Observations on the Name of Palestine |url=https://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=getRecordDetail&idt=6111507 |journal=Some Observations on the Name of Palestine |volume=61 |pages=1–23 |issn=0360-9049 |jstor=23508170}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Roman Provincias {{!}} Provincia Syria Palaestina |url=https://romanhistory.org/provincias/provincia-syria-palaestina |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=History Archive |language=en}}</ref> | ||
Throughout these periods, the region was ruled by various empires and never existed as an independent state specifically called “Palestine”. It was part of larger administrative regions under the control of these empires. | Throughout these periods, the region was ruled by various empires and never existed as an independent state specifically called “Palestine”. It was part of larger administrative regions under the control of these empires. | ||