She claimed there was no real separate Palestinian Arab identity from for example the Arabs in Jordan. That might even be true for the 1920s and earlier.
It took a while for Palestinian identity and nationalism to fully emerge and organize, including calling themselves Palestinians. By the founding of the PLO this has clearly achieved.
The name Palestinian was used by Jews in Palestine to describe themselves before Israel‘s independence. During the British Mandate Palestinian Arabs were not so fond of the word Palestinian to describe themselves, although some did.
It’s mainly an argument about the emergence of identity and the how words change meaning over time.
She claimed there was no real separate Palestinian Arab identity from for example the Arabs in Jordan. That might even be true for the 1920s and earlier.
It took a while for Palestinian identity and nationalism to fully emerge and organize, including calling themselves Palestinians. By the founding of the PLO this has clearly achieved.
The name Palestinian was used by Jews in Palestine to describe themselves before Israel‘s independence. During the British Mandate Palestinian Arabs were not so fond of the word Palestinian to describe themselves, although some did.
It’s mainly an argument about the emergence of identity and the how words change meaning over time.