The reality is that the concept of "Palestinians" is one that did not exist until 1948, when the Arab inhabitants of what was until then Palestine, wished to differenatiate themselves from the Jews. Until then, Jews were the Palestinians. There was the Palestinian Brigade of Jewish Volunteers in the British WWII Army (at a time when the Palestinian Arabs were in Berlin hatching plans with Hitler for world conquest and how to kill all the Jews); there was the Palestinian Symphony Orchestra (all Jews); there was the Palestine Post, and much more.
The Arabs who now call themselves Palestinians do so in order to perpetuate and persuade to a misinformed world that they are a distinct nationality and that "Palestine" is their ancestral homeland. But, of course, they are no distinct nationality at all. They are entirely the same--in language, customs, tribal ties--as the Arabs of Syria, Jordan, and beyond. There is no more idfference between the "Palestinian" Arabs and other Arabs than between, say, the citizens of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The nationhood of Palestinians is a myth.
