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What else were they supposed to call their country? Israel? It didn't even exist then.

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[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Based on the linked article, I think they're implying that the rise of a free press in what was then a region of the Ottoman Empire was linked to an increasing sense of Palestinian identity and/or nationalism, and resistance to the growing Zionist movement.