The British Museum has removed the word Palestine from its ancient Middle East displays following complaints about historical accuracy. Curators said the term was not “meaningful” as a geographic label for ancient regions and civilisations. Maps and information panels about ancient Egypt and the Phoenicians had previously labelled the eastern Mediterranean coast as Palestine, and…
I get what you say. The problem is that being inaccurate for protecting Palestinian claim to their land is exactly what give credit to Israel. The kingdom of Israel has a much older claim to that land. Nonetheless this is inconsequential. We do not see Norway claiming northern France, Germany claiming Poland, Poland claiming Russia or Italy claiming France and Croatia. This is just silly. Modern Israel has no more claim to that land than Germany claim to north Italy of Celtic heritage.