Gaza – Land Of The Philistines Poem by Chris Lane

One and one half million Palestinians
Appear as if they are living
In an open air prison
On the Gaza Strip

Having resisted annexation
Viewing it as colonialism
They survive as captives
Imprisoned within their homeland

Should they leave by ship
Given half a chance
On Gaza's Mediterranean coastline
Rescue craft could land

Or perhaps in orderly procession
Through the desert walk
To a desert oasis, once there
They could make a new start

Isolated and besieged
Fearfully the Philistines fish
Their drinking water in short supply
Reduced to a drip

Not a page from history
This occurrence in our century

© Calac

The Philistines appear in Egyptian sources in the twelfth century BC. J.-C., et sont présentés comme des ennemis de l'Égypte venus du nord, mélangés à d'autres populations hostiles connues collectivement des anciens égyptiens sous le nom de peuples de la mer. AD, and are presented as enemies of Egypt from the north, mixed with other hostile peoples collectively known (to the) ancient Egyptians as the Sea People.
Après leurs affrontements avec les Égyptiens, les Philistins se sont fixés sur la bande côtière du sud-ouest de la terre de Canaan, c'est-à-dire dans une région centrée sur l'actuelle bande de Gaza. After their confrontation with the Egyptians, the Philistines were fixed on the coastal strip of south-west of the land of Canaan, that is to say, in a region centered on the current Gaza Strip.
Leurs cités ont dominé la région jusqu'à la conquête assyrienne de Teglath-Phalasar III en -732. Their cities have dominated the region until the Assyrian conquest of Tiglath-pileser III in -732. Ils sont par la suite soumis aux empires régionaux, et semblent progressivement s'y assimiler. They are then subjected to regional empires, and it seems to be gradually assimilated. Les dernières mentions des Philistins datent du II e siècle av. The latest entries are from the Philistines of the second century BC. J.-C., dans le premier des Livres des Macchabées [ 1 ]. AD, in the first of the Books of Maccabees [1].
La langue des Philistins reste inconnue, dans la mesure où on ne leur connaît aucune production textuelle. The language of the Philistines is unknown, since there are no known textual production. Il est possible que ce soit à l'origine une langue Indo-Européenne, mais les preuves en sont ténues. It is possible that this is originally an Indo-European language, but the evidence is tenuous.