Talk:Zionist Organization of America

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[edit] Bias?

Changed "Land of Israel" to "Palestine". The original term was biased, and the change reflects a more neutral and historically correct position. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcadams99 (talkcontribs)

Historically, isn't it only correct to refer to "Palestine" starting with the British Mandate during WWI? At the time ZOA was founded, though, the territory was a province of the Ottoman Empire. It might be more correct to say "in the Ottoman territory that had been controlled by the Hebrews in biblical times." Danbub 14:52, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

No, not at all. The term "Palestine" goes back to the Greeks at least, and was the normal term for the land in English both before and during the Ottoman times. <eleland/talkedits> 23:55, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Without entering into the period nomenclature for Ottoman Palestine, this page has no citation stating that at the time of the organization's founding it exclusively targeted that location for a sovereign Jewish homeland (the theoretical/ideological essence of Zionism). For now, I've edited in that light. -- Deborahjay (talk) 20:59, 25 March 2008 (UTC)