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The so called Palestinian flag, like the Palestinians, is an invention. In the case of the flag it was invented by the KGB and Yasir Arafat in the 1960s. Its purpose is to be a weapon against Israel. [H/T Front Page Magazine, Robert Spencer.]
Before it became the flag of Palestine, it served as the emblem for the Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz, founded in 1916 and later incorporated into Saudi Arabia by 1925. In 1924, this flag also represented the Sharifian Caliphate, which encompassed similar regions in what is now Western Saudi Arabia, persisting until 1931.
The Hejaz is in Arabia — not “Palestine.” The designer of the flag was not a Palestinian, as there were no Palestinians as such in those days, but an English Colonel named Mark Sykes.
The flag we call the Palestinian flag today wasn't really the flag of Palestine back in the day. Around 134 CE, the Romans kicked out the Jews from their land and started calling it Palestine. They chose this name because it was the name of an old group of people called the Philistines, who were enemies of the Israelites in the Bible and were no longer around. But when the Romans said Palestine, they were just talking about an area, not a country with its own people or flag.
We don't find evidence of this group or their flag in historical records. There was never a sovereign Palestinian state, and the Arabs living in the region did not use this flag. A 1939 world atlas does display a flag for Palestine, but it refers to the area under British Mandate. The British administered this territory not as a typical colony, but specifically to establish a national home for Jews in their ancestral land. This fact challenges the narratives often pushed by today's historical revisionists. Notably, the 1939 flag of Mandatory Palestine prominently features a Star of David.
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officially adopted the current Palestinian flag in 1964, the same year it renamed itself from the Palestinian National Liberation Movement to the Palestinian Liberation Organization. This change was made to reflect its commitment to liberating a newly defined Palestinian nationality. Prior to the 1960s, the concept of a distinct Palestinian nationality did not exist; it was created to reframe what was previously known as the Arab-Israeli conflict. Before this shift, Israel was seen as a small, beleaguered state surrounded by a vast Arab world. However, with the emergence of the Palestinian identity, the narrative flipped, portraying Palestinians as the small, oppressed group against a dominant Israel.
In summary, the Palestine flag is as fake as the notion that Hamas are freedom fighters.
Before it became the flag of Palestine, it served as the emblem for the Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz, founded in 1916 and later incorporated into Saudi Arabia by 1925. In 1924, this flag also represented the Sharifian Caliphate, which encompassed similar regions in what is now Western Saudi Arabia, persisting until 1931.
The Hejaz is in Arabia — not “Palestine.” The designer of the flag was not a Palestinian, as there were no Palestinians as such in those days, but an English Colonel named Mark Sykes.
The flag we call the Palestinian flag today wasn't really the flag of Palestine back in the day. Around 134 CE, the Romans kicked out the Jews from their land and started calling it Palestine. They chose this name because it was the name of an old group of people called the Philistines, who were enemies of the Israelites in the Bible and were no longer around. But when the Romans said Palestine, they were just talking about an area, not a country with its own people or flag.
We don't find evidence of this group or their flag in historical records. There was never a sovereign Palestinian state, and the Arabs living in the region did not use this flag. A 1939 world atlas does display a flag for Palestine, but it refers to the area under British Mandate. The British administered this territory not as a typical colony, but specifically to establish a national home for Jews in their ancestral land. This fact challenges the narratives often pushed by today's historical revisionists. Notably, the 1939 flag of Mandatory Palestine prominently features a Star of David.
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officially adopted the current Palestinian flag in 1964, the same year it renamed itself from the Palestinian National Liberation Movement to the Palestinian Liberation Organization. This change was made to reflect its commitment to liberating a newly defined Palestinian nationality. Prior to the 1960s, the concept of a distinct Palestinian nationality did not exist; it was created to reframe what was previously known as the Arab-Israeli conflict. Before this shift, Israel was seen as a small, beleaguered state surrounded by a vast Arab world. However, with the emergence of the Palestinian identity, the narrative flipped, portraying Palestinians as the small, oppressed group against a dominant Israel.
In summary, the Palestine flag is as fake as the notion that Hamas are freedom fighters.
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