so you are saying that the first kingdom of israel b c northern kingdom of israel b c the kingdom of judah b c the hasmonean maccabee religious jewish religious kingdom b c the region of judea and the roman province of judaea never existed interesting how arabs can several centuries later invade judea in the seventh century a d and somehow become indigenous here are the origins for the name of the so called palestinians h h ben sasson a history of the jewish people harvard university press isbn page in an effort to wipe out all memory of the bond between the jews and the land hadrian changed the name of the province from iudaea to syria palestina a name that became common in non jewish literature this describes how the so called palestinian arabs invaded from mecca and elsewhere in the arabian peninsula and conquered judea from the byzantines greek romans who in turn had conquered the land from the jews gil moshe ethel broido a history of palestine cambridge university press pp isbn clearly the references cited by the arabs on this page are inaccurate and not reliable if indigenous peoples are the first known inhabitants of a land then palestinian arabs are clearly not indigenous to israel unless the authors of the cited works are applying to indigenous a completely different and non standard meaning