Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Faithslayer202" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Faithslayer202</span></a></span> </p><p>Fact-checked by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Britannica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Britannica</span></a> ➡️ <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Philistine-people" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">britannica.com/topic/Philistin</span><span class="invisible">e-people</span></a></p><p>Also, from the same article, "The Canaanite Phoenicians on the Syrian coast re-established their trading communities after the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philistine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philistine</span></a> and Aramaean invasions."</p><p>So, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philistines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philistines</span></a> were <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aegean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aegean</span></a>, while <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canaanite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canaanite</span></a> were <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Phoenicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phoenicians</span></a>. </p><p>Regardless of genealogy, they were not natives, but invaders.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstTemple</span></a> destroyed by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Babylonians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Babylonians</span></a> was a human artifact, not a religious reference.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://thecanadian.social/@SteveSilent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SteveSilent</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@InternetDev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>InternetDev</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Lassielmr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Lassielmr</span></a></span></p>