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The name Palestine is a Greek corruption of 'Philistine'.
Sea People had invaded all along the coast of the Levant in the late thirteenth century, with the Philistines occupying the rich coastal plains and foothills south of present-day Tel Aviv. Other Sea People seem to have occupied much of the Levant north of Tel Aviv, but little is known of them and there is no means of knowing to what extent they maintained individual identities. It seems they may have originally formed the ruling classes of the Canaanite cities before being assimilated.
The Philistines seem to have driven the Egyptians out of the Levant around 1150 BCE and, as a confederation, remained the most powerful force in the Levant until about 1000 BCE, even establishing hegemony over the Israelite tribes in the hill country.
When Greeks began arriving along the coast, it was the Philistines they found in occupation, not the Israelites who mainly occupied the remote inland, so they associated the Levant with the Philistines. The first known use of the Greek name, Palestine, was by Herodotus (c 484-418 BCE).
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Th modern state of Israel which at the time was a country called Palestine.
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No.
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UK
