Twitter trolls Israeli PM’s son for saying ‘Palestine doesn’t exist because there is no P in Arabic’

Yair Netanyahu, the son of Israeli Prime Minister (PM) Benjamin Netanyahu, has attracted controversy for a hilarious theory to promote the claim that Palestine does not exist, Middle East Eye reported.

“There is no such thing as Palestine because the letter ‘P’ does not appear in the Arabic alphabet,” the 27-year-old tweeted.

It wasn’t later that his theory attracted ridicule over the internet, as Twitterati noted that the Arabic word for Palestine was “falasteen“.

1. We can call it what we want to call it, because it's our land and 2. If you did a little homework you would realize Arabs and Palestinians call it 'falasteen' phonetically, so who needs a 'P' sound? (What a moronic basis for an argument in the first place)
— husammunism (@husammunism) April 23, 2019

😂 😂 😂 Love how you show your ignorance the first chance you get
No P in Arabic, well smart guy Palestine is the anglicised word of 'Filisteen" which very much is a real thing. But keep living in your fantasy land if it makes you feel good about yourself.
— Nabeel Tootla (@nabeeltootla) April 23, 2019

Some also noted that there was no letter in the Hebrew alphabet that had a “J” sound.

By this logic the fact that there is no J in Hebrew means there is no such thing as a Jewish people. The little fascist isn't very bright. https://t.co/reuc5VEMe7
— Yousef Munayyer (@YousefMunayyer) April 23, 2019

The younger Netanyahu deleted his tweet soon after the backlash.

Twitter trolls Israeli PM’s son for saying ‘Palestine doesn’t exist because there is no P in Arabic’

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