Why aren't the palestinians proud of their Greek heritage?

• http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Philistine "It has been suggested that the Philistines formed part of the great naval confederacy, the "Sea Peoples", who had wandered, at the beginning of the 12th century BCE, from their homeland in southern Greece and the Aegean islands to the shores of the Mediterranean and repeatedly attacked Egypt during the later Nineteenth Dynasty. Though eventually repulsed by Ramesses III, he was, according to the theory, apparently unable to dislodge them from their settlements in Palestine. The connection between Mycenean culture and Philistine culture was made clearer by finds, especially pottery styles, at the excavation of Ekron one of the five Philistine cities in Canaan, undertaken in 1981 - 1996. At Ekron, of particular interest is a large, well constructed building which covers 240 square meters. Its walls are broad, designed to support a second story and its wide, elaborate entrance leads to a large hall, partly covered with a roof supported on a row of columns. In the floor of the hall is a circular hearth paved with pebbles, as is typical in Mycenean buildings; other unusual architectural features are paved benches and podiums. Among the finds are three small bronze wheels with eight spokes. Such wheels are known to have served as wheels for portable cultic stands in the Aegean region during this period and it is therefore assumed that this building served cultic functions. Papyrus Harris I details the achievements of the reign of Ramesses III. In the brief description of the outcome of the battles in year 8 is the description of the fate of the Sea Peoples. Ramesses tells us that, having brought the imprisoned Sea Peoples to Egypt, he "settled them in strongholds, bound in my name. Numerous were their classes like hundred-thousands. I taxed them all, in clothing and grain from the storehouses and granaries each year" Some scholars suggest that it is likely that these "strongholds" were actually fortified towns in southern Canaan, the cities that would eventually become the five cities of the Philistines (Redford 1992, p. 289). Hebrew tradition, recorded in Genesis 10:14, included the Philistines among the sons of Egypt. The theory that the Sea Peoples included Greek-speaking tribes has been developed even further to postulate that the Philistines originated in either western Anatolia or the Greek peninsula, though the biblical sources are unanimous that they were descended from Egypt. The Philistines settled along the eastern Mediterranean coast at about the time when the Israelites settled in the Judean highlands. Politically independent, they preserved their traditions, which were clearly related to those of the Mycenaean culture. Architectural features and many finds indicate this relationship, especially the early Philistine pottery decorated in shades of brown and black, which later developed into the distinctive black and red decorations on white slip. Their kings were called Abimelech. There is some limited evidence that validates the assumption that the Philistines originally spoke some Indo-European language. A number of Philistine-related words found in the Bible are not semitic and can in some cases, with reservations, be traced back to Indo-European roots. For example, the Philistine word for captain, seren, may be related to the Greek word tyrannos. The name of Goliath's headgear koba or qoba can be connected to Indo-European cap, Latin caput and Greek cephalos, meaning head."

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  No son, you got everything mixed up in your mind. First of all there aint no "Phillies". It's Palestinians. The Med Club is the oldest club there is on our planet. The Jews have nuthin to do with it. The Jews came from the heartland of Asia. They are mountain folks. That's why so many Jews are gettin drowned in the sea during the summer time. Most of them have never seen a sea beach until they immigrated from deep inside Asia. In other words the jews have no business being in Palestine. Read a book for God's sake, Son! Steel