I have contacted the Jewish Women's Archive to notify them the following: The Encyclopedia includes Palestine in its list of countries. Since when was Palestine ever a country? For the Jews it always has been the Land of Israel. They should use "Israel (including pre-State)". By listing Palestine as a country they just reinforce the propaganda machine of our enemies that Palestine was once a country. Today the area of Gaza and the West Bank is officially known as the "Palestinian Authority". Since the Hamas forcefully and brutally took over Gaza, I'm not sure what it should be called - perhaps Hamas Gaza.
I'm sure the women listed under "Palestine" would not be very happy about it today considering the current political situation. David David Elazar Rishon LeZion, Israel [email protected] Home page http://www.geocities.com/d_elazar/ Weekly current events update http://www.geocities.com/d_elazar/MailingList_e-mail_me/ --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
