that's the root of the entire discussion and once again gwen you are mistaken if you're an arab or pro arab you would indeed use palestine if you're an israeli or pro israeli you would use eret yisra'el the land of israel both are anachronisms while eretz yisra'el pre dates palestine true it was used for years by western authors but is it accurate no should it be accepted when it's obviously a historical mistake no if you insist on using anachronisms it would at least we more fair to write the land of israel palestine