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The Palestinians don't descend from the Philistines. Palestine and Philistine have nothing to do with each other in terms of etymology. Palestine was created as a British mandate in 1919 for the express purpose of becoming a Jewish homeland.
At that time and until 1948 (or even later), the Arabs in Palestine never called themselves "Palestinians", but Arabs.
They first started using the name "Palestinians" in the 1950's.
After the Jews went progressively into the Diaspora, the largest population in Palestine were the Samaritans, who staged three great rebellions against the Byzantine Empire, and were heavily defeated each time.
The Samaritans were later progressively exterminated by various Muslim rulers, even on into the 18th century.
There are several hundred Samaritans today, they are considered as a People by the State of Israel, they believe in the 5 books of Moses, as the Jews do, but not in the Prophets, or in Jesus.
There is so much more to be said about the history of Israel, or Palestine, but would require a thread of its own.
