Is Philistine (Palestine) the promised land for Jews?

Question

Or is it somewhere else ?

Answer 1

Philistia is the promised land of the Israelite people. Actually the territory of Israel was bigger than the territory they possess today. There was never supposed to be a Palestinian State, but the Israelites sinned against God, and were diaspored out of the land and into bondage and slavery to serve other nations.

Answer 2

Yes Rabbi for you,

Israel is the promised land for ALL Jewish people of the world.  Israel is geographically situated exactly where it was/is promised to be.

Sincerely,

Ms. Miche ; })

Answer 3

In the late 19th century, the rise of religious and racist anti-Semitism led to a resurgence of pogroms in Russia and Eastern Europe, shattering promises of equality and tolerance. This stimulated Jewish immigration to Palestine from Europe.

Simultaneously, a wave of Jews immigrated to Palestine from Yemen, Morocco, Iraq and Turkey. These Jews were unaware of Theodor Herzl's political Zionism or of European pogroms. They were motivated by the centuries-old dream of the “Return to Zion” and a fear of intolerance. Upon hearing that the gates of Palestine were open, they braved the hardships of travel and went to the Land of Israel.

The Zionist ideal of a return to Israel has profound religious roots. Many Jewish prayers speak of Jerusalem, Zion and the Land of Israel. The injunction not to forget Jerusalem, the site of the Temple, is a major tenet of Judaism. The Hebrew language, the Torah, laws in the Talmud, the Jewish calendar and Jewish holidays and festivals all originated in Israel and revolve around its seasons and conditions. Jews pray toward Jerusalem and recite the words “next year in Jerusalem” every Passover. Jewish religion, culture and history make clear that it is only in the land of Israel that the Jewish commonwealth can be built.

In 1897, Jewish leaders formally organized the Zionist political movement, calling for the restoration of the Jewish national home in Palestine, where Jews could find sanctuary and self-determination, and work for the renascence of their civilization and culture.

Answer 4

if you believe in the bible/kuran/torah then yes

Answer 5

yes,whats philistine,youre embarrassing yourself.

Answer 6

Rabbi I know you are looking for a true historical answer.

No the old Palestine was promised land for the Palestinians who lived in the West coast of Palestine where Jews never lived there.  The Palestinians were living in Palestine before the Jewish Immigration from Eygept.The Palestinian city-states population were made up by Palestinian only and Samson's story in Gaza city was a living historical fact that Jews were not allowed to live inside the city even if they love some Palestinian woman.

Answer 7

No.

Their promise land is Antartica.

My 2 cents.

Answer 8

YES IT IS..it is exactly where it is...

The term "Palestine" is believed to be derived from the Philistines, an Aegean people who, in the 12th Century B.C.E., settled along the Mediterranean coastal plain of what are now Israel and the Gaza Strip. In the second century C.E., after crushing the last Jewish revolt, the Romans first applied the name Palaestina to Judea (the southern portion of what is now called the West Bank) in an attempt to minimize Jewish identification with the land of Israel. The Arabic word "Filastin" is derived from this Latin name.3

The Hebrews entered the Land of Israel about 1300 B.C.E., living under a tribal confederation until being united under the first monarch, King Saul. The second king, David, established Jerusalem as the capital around 1000 B.C.E. David's son, Solomon built the Temple soon thereafter and consolidated the military, administrative and religious functions of the kingdom. The nation was divided under Solomon's son, with the northern kingdom (Israel) lasting until 722 B.C.E., when the Assyrians destroyed it, and the southern kingdom (Judah) surviving until the Babylonian conquest in 586 B.C.E. The Jewish people enjoyed brief periods of sovereignty afterward before most Jews were finally driven from their homeland in 135 C.E.

Jewish independence in the Land of Israel lasted for more than 400 years. This is much longer than Americans have enjoyed independence in what has become known as the United States.4 In fact, if not for foreign conquerors, Israel would be 3,000 years old today.

Palestine was never an exclusively Arab country, although Arabic gradually became the language of most the population after the Muslim invasions of the seventh century. No independent Arab or Palestinian state ever existed in Palestine. When the distinguished Arab-American historian, Princeton University Prof. Philip Hitti, testified against partition before the Anglo-American Committee in 1946, he said: "There is no such thing as 'Palestine' in history, absolutely not."5

Prior to partition, Palestinian Arabs did not view themselves as having a separate identity. When the First Congress of Muslim-Christian Associations met in Jerusalem in February 1919 to choose Palestinian representatives for the Paris Peace Conference, the following resolution was adopted:

We consider Palestine as part of Arab Syria, as it has never been separated from it at any time. We are connected with it by national, religious, linguistic, natural, economic and geographical bonds.6

In 1937, a local Arab leader, Auni Bey Abdul-Hadi, told the Peel Commission, which ultimately suggested the partition of Palestine: "There is no such country [as Palestine]! 'Palestine' is a term the Zionists invented! There is no Palestine in the Bible. Our country was for centuries part of Syria."7

The representative of the Arab Higher Committee to the United Nations submitted a statement to the General Assembly in May 1947 that said "Palestine was part of the Province of Syria" and that, "politically, the Arabs of Palestine were not independent in the sense of forming a separate political entity." A few years later, Ahmed Shuqeiri, later the chairman of the PLO, told the Security Council: "It is common knowledge that Palestine is nothing but southern Syria."8

Palestinian Arab nationalism is largely a post-World War I phenomenon that did not become a significant political movement until after the 1967 Six-Day War and Israel's capture of the West Bank.

Answer 9

Biblically, yes, though I'm not religious.  There certainly wasn't one promised elsewhere.

As a practical matter, Israel (a bit less than half the historical territory of Palestine) is the Jewish homeland.  The other half was promised by the U.N. to the Arabs now known as Palestinians, and I hope they get it ASAP as a state that lives in peace with Israel.

Heh - Antarctica.  Someone stole a line from one of my more embarrassingly verbose and undiplomatic posts.  I guess I can't complain. ;)

Answer 10

I always thought it should have been Miami.

Answer 11

Philistine <> Palestine

Israel is the Promised Land.

"palestine" never was.

Answer 12

Why; yes! Thank you for offering. We accept.

Answer 13

WHAT THE h**l!>??>!> no its not,.. ofcourse its not... how selfish!!its not!! there is no evidence that is trusted

Answer 14

its not ,but they promised themselve to have a real country and they got it

Answer 15

Yall dnt have a promised land

you had it, it was promised to you

but u lost the privalege

and were doomed to disperse aorund the world

So true Jewish beleifs tell Jewish people they arent supposed to have a Homeland, they were long time ago but they lost the privalege

Answer 16

When God makes a promise his promise comes true. Except in Israel state.

This what called " Promise " is for chosen nation that will serve God and follow his order and they are definitely not Zionists lol

The promise include all the land of Canaan, which only Muslims ruled for more than 10 centuries and until today they live in biggest part of it, at the time Jews were lost tribes walking the desert...

There you go, the clear evidence from Tora and Bible that God never made such promise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbb52-K_s...

Answer 17

Plishtim were the invaders living in Israel in Samson's time, the bible describes them as cowards and cheats, gone forever.

God brought the Israelites to the Land of Canaan, their promised land.

Israel is Israel described well in the Bible.

Answer 18

Well, if you're planning to steal others lands, surly you'll come up with all kinds of MAMBO JAMBO!

And NO it's not their land. Promised or any other kinds!

Just a little reminder of how they've started all these nonsense:

http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/israel....

Answer 19

yes of course

there are a lot of evidences

you know the name of the place

the people that lived there

the way from Egypt to Israel

and the fact that the sons of Jakob were really there

Historical and Biblical and any other kind of proof says that

Answer 20

No I don't think Palestine is the promised land for the Jews...I think its promised land is America itself, because of the support for the Jews here is overwhelming