On a name for a state

[cema]

I am looking forward to seeing how the Arab state on the West Bank will be called. West Bank is located in historical areas of Judea and Samaria. Whichever way the borders between the Arab state and Israel are drawn, the non-Israeli Arabs will stay there. (We call these people Palestinians because it is shorter, just like our memories.)

Judging by the way things tend to be going in the Arab societies, Palestinians being no exception, I would not be surprised to see a flamboyant name for a state. Perhaps the word Jamahiria will not be used, and most likely neither will be the word Socialist, but Popular and Democratic are still in the vogue. How about this: Popular Palestinian Arab Democratic People's Republic of Judea?

Can't wait.

Comments

[xaxam.livejournal.com]

Don't reinvent the wheel. The names are already in use: Hamastan (in Gaza) and Fatahland (in Judea and Samaria). The adjectives can be served on the "first came, took slippers": Democratic Hamastan of Gaza or Federal Fatahland of Judea, Samaria and Al-Quds.

[cema.livejournal.com]

Fatahland of Judea sounds nice. (Brings to mind the People's Front of Judea... just watched it again on my new laptop and enjoyed every second).

Yeah, I know about Hamastan and Fatahland as they are used now. I think we read more or less the same blogs (politics, not mathematics).