Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The term "Jewish State" was used prior to the establishment of Israel to describe the future nation. In fact, the founders were debating between two names, "Israel" or "Zion", and the decision was finally made to go with "Israel" fairly late -- so late, that the first Israeli Postage Stamps, that were printed shortly before the state was announced, were issued without the name of the nation on them! This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.