Balestinians as a people or nation have never existed in history until 1964. An Egyptian named Arafat (MHRIH) and the Russian NKVD invented them. People that lived in Palestine were called Palestinians and the Arabs were offended when called that. They considered themselves South Syrians .Muslims from all over the world were brought in by the Ottomans and the British in the late 1800’s as Jewish migration surged. But Mahmoud , you are well aware of that.