Propaganda: Palestine was mentioned by Greeks.

Was Aristotle a geographer or anthropologist?! Definitely not.

Herodotus historical record of Jews living in that land is at best highly superficial, he considered them to be Syrians who practiced circumcision, which was custom they had acquired from the Egyptians.

Aristotle does mention a lake in Palestine, but without connecting it in any way with the Jewish people. Thus, although the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Babylon, and Persia were familiar to the Greek men of letters and philosophers – at least in their general outline even before the days of Alexander the Great – they were apparently completely ignorant of the specific religion and culture of Palestine.