Tweet from Matthew Feinberg

By Matthew Feinberg (@thewebbie)

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Palestine is a colonial name for the land of Israel. Full stop. Not metaphor. Not emotion. History. In 135 CE, after Rome crushed the Bar Kokhba Revolt, Emperor Hadrian renamed Judaea “Syria Palaestina.” Why? Because Rome wanted to humiliate the Jews and sever the Jewish https://t.co/f8FgPB68bE

Topics: History