Who first occupied the land that is now Israel/Palestine?
Palestinians occupied the coastal strip from Gaza to Haifa with a depth of 50 miles. They were originally Europeans. Israelis were called in the old times Hebrews or Habiru ( a nomadic people mentioned in Assyro-Babylonian literature: possibly the early Hebrews.) http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/h… came from Babel and settled in the land of Canan West of the Dead Sea. Habirus were nomadic people and they moved to Egypt where they settled for 430 years and then returned back after hiding in Sinai for 40 years escaping from Pharaoh who drove them out of Egypt to south Sinai as North Sinai, Palestine and the land of Canan were part of the Egyptian Empire at that time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Egypt… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hit
