Are the modern Palestinians descended From the Ancient Philistines?"

What follows are the comments posted on Facebook at the Biblical Archaeology in Ancient Israel (and beyond) group.  Thomas Cooper posted the question on February 1. 2024: Are the modern Palestinians descended From the ancient philistines?

individual Comments:

-Not really. The question was "Are the modern Palestinians descended From the ancient philistines?". They are not. They are Arabs from the surrounding area that call themselves Palestinians. The area is actually Judea, not Palestine. The Romans started calling the Area Palestine when they 

- Considering that "Palestinian" is a made-up ethnicity! It's just like there's never, EVER, been a country called Palestine, a perversion of the Roman label Syria-Palestina in Rome's effort to erase Israel that "Palestinian" is a made-up ethnicity! It's just like there's never, EVER, been a country called Palestine, a perversion of the Roman label Syria-Palestina in Rome's effort to erase Israel!, been a country called Palestine, a perversion of the Roman label Syria-Palestina in Rome's effort to erase Israel! having lived there for thousands of years.

-Teya Armstead The key word in your sentence is "REGION", not "country" or "nation"! There is no such thing as a "Palestinian" language, foods, traditional customs or anything else unique to the people now referred to as "Palestinian". They're ethnically and linguistically ARABS. The only distinction between the "Palestinians" and the people in Jordan or Saudi Arabia, etc, is an arbitrary line drawn on a map by the British after WWI!

-Astrid Hanson 

Palestinian DNA is a mix of Jews/Arabs and Christian. 

Philistines and Palestinians are not related. 

Arabs didn’t call themselves Palestinians until Yassa Arafat, their flag is relatively new. 

It has always been referred to as The Land of Israel. 

The British Mandate had those words printed upon the coins and paper money. Arabs accepted it and traded with it. An acknowledgement of Israel homeland.

-Astrid Hanson They were called Plishtim…the people from Philistia (and are an extinct people group) - related to the Phoenicians, I believe.  Syria Palaestina was a name the Roman Emperor  RENAMED the country of Israel, after driving the Israelis out of their homeland.  He intended the very memory of them and their promised homeland to be wiped out.  Wrong move.  Rome fell, & all the nations who opposed or will oppose Israel also will.

-There is no such thing as a Palestinian… no state or country; no government or army.

-Marc Shearer Mycenaean after a large volcanic explosion and they evacuated to become the Sea Peoples around 1170B.C. Pelset as the Egyptians called them when they had to repulse them from the Nile Delta and that is when they ended up along the coast where they would later found their cities like Gath. Five famous cities referenced I think.

-Marc Shearer First there were the Peleset, one of the Sea Peoples who were a cause of, an effect of, or both of the Bronze Age Collapse. The Peleset were likely from the Aegean, but no one knows. They left no archaeological record, but neither did any of the other Sea Peoples. The Peleset were followed by the Greeks who left a substantial archeological record as part of their post-Bronze Age diaspora throughout the eastern Mediterranean. The Greeks arrived peacefully. I believe the Peleset gave the land its name and thus could be thought of as the true Philistines but I do not equate them with the Mycenaeans. Archaeologists generally do equate the two, but I suspect that it is as a kind of shorthand, a convenient label, "Philistine". Some do equate the Mycenaean pottery, burials, etc., with the Sea Peoples, but the Sea Peoples were ethnically diverse, as shown in Egyptian reliefs, and the pottery is about 99% Mycenaean IIIC with 1% handmade burnished ware, the latter being enigmatic. The "Philistines" in the Bible of course 

are Semites, with Semitic names and gods. The Peleset and Mycenaeans were absorbed into Semitic culture.

-Amy Miller Rock assimilated but not with Arab ‘Palestinians’ as Arabs arrived over a thousand years later. Some of the Philistine culture became integrated in the local Canaanite tribes. From an ancestral perspective the Philistines were southern European descending from Crete. In Hebrew their name means ‘invaders.’ 

“The ancient Egyptians called them “the sea people” because they invaded via the ocean. The Israelis simply called them “Plishtim” or “Philistines” in English, coming from the Hebrew word “Palash” meaning “to invade”, and “Plishtim” meaning “Invaders"

-Leah Baars correct, Ishmael, son of Abraham and Hagar, was father of the Arabs. His descendants are still mad Issac got the blessing and birth right.They are descendants from Abraham’s concubine 

-Leah Baars 6 sons by Keturah and 1 son from Hagar. All Arabic nations descended from Abraham. agreed!

-Cynthia Ray agreed! Israelites from Isaac, Arabs from Ishmael.

-Leah Baars not true. That’s what the Arabs are trying to claim. Arabs aren’t descendants of Abraham. 

-Abraham is from descendants of Shem. 

But the Arabs are descendants of Ham. 

-No.  There was never such thing as a Palestinian people until 1948.  Palestinians today are the same people as the Jordanians, Syrians, Saudis, Iraqis, and Lebanese.  All Arabs from Arabia.  The only difference between them is artificial boundaries created by the British and French. are oriNo. There was never such thing as a Palestinian people until 1948. Palestinians today are the same people as the Jordanians, Syrians, Saudis, Iraqis, and Lebanese. All Arabs from Arabia. The only difference between them is artificial boundaries created by the British and French.No.  There was never such thing as a Palestinian people until 1948.  Palestinians today are the same people as the Jordanians, Syrians, Saudis, Iraqis, and Lebanese.  All Arabs from Arabia.  The only difference between them is artificial boundaries created by the British and French.ginally from Yemen.

-The Quraysh of Mecca are descended from Qahtan, and they are from Yemen, and the Yemeni Arabs are from Sheba, Kush, and are descendants of Ham according to the Bible.

-No.  There was never such thing as a Palestinian people until 1948.  Palestinians today are the same people as the Jordanians, Syrians, Saudis, Iraqis, and Lebanese.  All Arabs from Arabia.  The Closer to Edomites than Philistines. But the name Palestine is tied to the Philistines as an insult to the Closer to Edomites than Philistines.  But the name Palestine is tied to the Philistines as an insult to the Jews difference between them is artificial boundaries created by the British and French.

-They are Arabs and Arabs across the whole Middle East have been interweaved. In fact a recent study quite a lot of Arab and Jewish have been also mixed. That annoyed a lot of them. Neither are a distinct race or distinct from each other. A lot can happen in thousands of years…

-Closer to Edomites than Philistines.  But the name Palestine is tied to the Philistines as an NO!!!  The ancient Philistines were sea warriors from Greece that would attack the Israelites on the Mediterranean coast. The modern day “palestinians” are Arabs from the east of Israel!!! BTW…..there has never been an official country called Palestine, they fly an unofficial flag and are not listed as a legitimate country in the world!!!!  Facts!!!!!NO!!! The ancient Philistines were sea warriors from Greece that would attack the Israelites on the Mediterranean coast. The modern day “palestinians” are Arabs from the east of Israel!!! BTW…..there has never been an official country called Palestine, they fly an NO!!!  The ancient Philistines were sea warriors from Greece that would attack the Israelites on the Mediterranean coast. The modern day “palestinians” are Arabs from the east of Israel!!! BTW…..there has never been an official country called Palestine, they fly an unofficial flag and are not listed as a legitimate country in the world!!!!  Facts!!!!! flag and are not listed as a legitimate country in the world!!!! Facts!!!!! to the Jews

-Shane Michael Evans if so, then the Torah must apply:

-You must not hate Edomites, because they are your relatives. You must not hate Egyptians, because you were a stranger in their land

- Deuteronomy 23:7

-NO!!! The ancient Philistines were sea warriors from Greece that would attack the Israelites on the Mediterranean coast. The modern day “paEven though the modern Palestinians may havEven though the modern Palestinians may have some distant Philistine ancestry, it's not a significant or direct link.

 Their main ancestral roots lie in Arab tribes who arrived much later, with additional contributions from various populations throughout history. So let's tell it the way it is.e some distant Philistine ancestry, it's not a significant or direct link. So let's tell it the way it is.lestinians” are Arabs from the east of Israel!!! BTW…..there has never been an official country called Palestine, they fly an unofficial flag and are not listed as a legitimate country in the world!!!! Facts!!!!!

-No. The predominantly JEWISH populated land was NAMED that by Emperor Hadrian out of spite and hatred. He purposely named their land after evil people, an ancient enemy that no longer even existed.

-Even though the modern Palestinians may have some distant Philistine ancestry, it's not a significant or direct link.

Their main ancestral roots lie in Arab tribes who arrived much later, with additional contributions from various populations throughout the world.

 Their main ancestral roots lie in Arab tribes who arrived much later, with additional contributions from various populations throughout history. So let's tell it the way it is.

They are a mixed race with both Arab and Mediterranean blood lines. The Other Arab nation do not see them as purebred Arabs.

-This plays a part into why other Arabs nations will not take their refugees. They have no roots in the area and came about by all the invasions of European and Asian Nations.  

-Palestinian was a made-up term by the Romans to degrade the Jews. Syria -Palestina is a word made up from the Philistines and that's why the word was chosen it was a humiliation tactic. Those that are called Palestinians or Arab mostly Muslims that lived in the area and were offered a place in the restoration of Israel. The other Arab Nations surrounding Israel told those Arabs residing there that they would be invading Israel and they  should stay put. Of course none of the Arab Nations wanted to take them was part of the problem. They could remain part of Israel or they could have left and been absorbed by one of the other countries had they not turned into the radical nation that they are. The current Palestinian gov.actually pay Palestinian families for  any family member who dies killing a Jew. This is the issue with UNRWA. It's supposed to be humanitarian but it supports the schools that teach the young Palestinians to hate the Jews and they actually have combat teaching at young age such a shame. Instead of teaching to love one another they teach a deep hate for one another. I heard this was just brought up again I believe this last week and I believe they are supposed to be holding funds until they can work everything out. I personally don't think it can be worked out to continue to hand money over to those who want to keep the Middle East and a war. There were also funds used to make all those tunnels underground instead of bringing an increase to Good Life to the citizens there. Keep and mind that the area that the Palestinians live in was surrendered to them so they could have their own place to live many years ago. When the Jews left the area they left all kinds of buildings and farms. They are still provided with water and electricity from Israel. They were provided with monies to turn their life around through unra and it was used for evil purposes and building tunnels instead of building good lives. Hey we're even allowed to go to Israel to the doctors and hospitals there and to get jobs all kinds of benefits but they chose to be their enemy instead.They had sea port all kinds of good things there and they can only think about killing Jews.Palestinian was a made-up term by the Romans to degrade the Jews. Syria -Palestina is a word made up from the Philistines and that's why the word was chosen it was a humiliation tactic. Those that are called Palestinians or Arab mostly Muslims that lived in the area and were offered a place in the restoration of Israel. The other Arab Nations surrounding Israel told those Arabs residing there that they would be invading Israel and they should stay put. Of course none of the Arab Nations wanted to take them was part of the problem. They could remain part of Israel or they could have left and been absorbed by one of the other countries had they not turned into the radical nation that they are. The current Palestinian gov.actually pay Palestinian families for any family member who dies killing a Jew. This is the issue with UNRWA. It's supposed to be humanitarian but it supports the schools that teach the young Palestinians to hate the Jews and they actually have combat teaching at young age such a shame. Instead of teaching to love one another they teach a deep hate for one another. I heard this was just brought up again I believe this last week and I believe they are supposed to be holding funds until they can work everything out. I personally don't think it can be worked out to continue to hand money over to those who want to keep the Middle East and a war. There were also funds used to make all those tunnels underground instead of bringing an increase to Good Life to the citizens there. Keep and mind that the area that the Palestinians live in was surrendered to them so they could have their own place to live many years ago. When the Jews left the area they left all kinds of buildings and farms. They are still provided with water and electricity from Israel. They were provided with monies to turn their life around through unra and it was used for evil purposes and building tunnels instead of building good lives. Hey we're even allowed to go to Israel to the doctors and hospitals there and to get jobs all kinds of benefits but they chose to be their enemy instead.They had sea port all kinds of good things there and they can only think about killing Jews.

They did not settle in the area until English rule of the area and the English gave the name Palestine to the region. The partial Arab people of the area took the name Palestinian after England named the area. Before England named the area Palestine it was called Judea and Israel.  

-Like the Jewish people not excepting the Samaritans the Arab nation did not except the Palestinians.