47 points
It actually started around 11 century BC, when Samson slaughtered more than 1000 Philistines (ancient Palestinians).
3 points
A bit earlier still
The Egyptians defeated the Sea Peoples and forced a subgroup, the Peleset, to southern Canaan to act as a buffer state to the Hittites to the north. This displaced the locals who would go on to become the Israelites.
The Peleset became the biblical Philistines.
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