hungarian and some british sources from the late th and early th centuries used the spelling rumania with a u to describe romania the purpose of this spelling was to erase the linkage that the romanian national movement was trying to install with the daco romans the ancient people who came to be after the roman invasion to modern romania no one except perhaps to hungarian nationalists uses it today but it still remains in some important and reliable history books so would you use that spelling just because it existed in many books during the early th century likewise the term palestine for the holyland was used by romans after the jewish revolt and their explosion and much later it was adopted by the british and consequentially by the arab national movement in palestine eretz israel as stated above by breein the use of the term in old books when there was no political entity there yet and when there was no one to fix the mistake doesn't justify using it today it's no justified because it's an historical distortion and it's not justified because it's a distortion used to manipulate people into accepting an arab palastinian narrative well feel free to project your political stances but not in a definition of hummus if i were to replace israel with palestine that would have not only been an anachronism for years ago it was not known as israel but it would also be a politically inclined decision although in even more ancient history books like say the bible the term israel is widely used to describe parts of modern israel and the palestinian authority you're hiding behind a supposable academic and scientific argument to instill your narrative which i have no doubt seems very academic and scientific to you whereas i was merely suggesting to use a very dry and neutral definition the area which is currently known as israel and the palestinian authority please refrain from projecting your political views with the word palestine into this article on a foodstuff it's highly inappropriate thank you