Are Palestine and Philistine the same?

The Palestinians don't see themselves as descendants of the Biblical invaders, but they are named for the Philistines just the same. read more

Palestine and Philistine are related only in sharing a common origin in the word “Peleset”, which was the Egyptian name of the Sea People who settled on the coast of Canaan in the early Iron Age. The Philistines were an Aegean people (some think the term Peleset is rooted in Pelasgia, part of the Aegean). read more

To us, the difference between the words Palestine and Philistine is considerable, but in Hebrew the difference disappears due to the Hebrew word does not have any vowels. In Arabic, Palestine is: Filastin, Falastin, Filistin. read more