You, “Quite obviously, that geographical Palestine never constituted the ‘ancestral lands’ of those who have, for the past 50-something years, been calling themselves ‘Palestinians.’
If it did, then their clan surnames — which are FAR more significant in Arab culture than they are in other ones — would reflect that.”
Well I’ve corrected this lie many times. DNA ancestry shows today’s Palestinians and Lebanese to be little different to the Canaanites – that includes the Judeans and Philistines.
Clan names are fairly immaterial. The most common surnames are stone mason, lute player and carpenter. Arab using the name means diddly.
Science rocks!!!!!