Talk:Zionist Organization of America
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[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 (talk • contribs)
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)

