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    3 days ago

    Israeli prime minister Golda Meir said she’s a Palestinian.

    The use of the word Palestinian changed over time. Before the establishment of Israel Palestinian was often used specifically to refer to Jews living in the holy land. Lots of Jewish founded institutions like airlines, newspapers, sports teams, orchestras were named Palestinian. They changed their names after Israel was founded.

    The Arabs used Palestinian as their national identity only after Israel was established. The Palestinian identity as we know it today coalesced in the 1960s.

    Before the British Mandate for Palestine, the Arabs in the region tended to identify as Syrian.