• ShadowGlider@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    For a possible “new” name, what do you think of Kena’an? It’s been used in the past to refer to the region and nobody is currently using it so I think it’ll fit; opinions?

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      11 months ago

      The typical English name for that is Canaan. There’s a lot of history surrounding that name in the Bible (OT, so shared by Jews, Christians, and somewhat accepted by Muslims too) and a lot of it not positive. I don’t think a lot of people would appreciate that association even though it’s likely based on myth.

      Personally I don’t really see that Palestine is a bad name as it’s really just a name for the region and the only baggage it has is quite modern; Zionist Jews might prefer some acknowledgement of the land as Israel and so it would be tough to get them to accept something that doesn’t include that IMO