Israel’s Religious Precedent for Conquering Palestine

When the Hebrew Israeli state took over the land known as Palestine, one of the main political movements that pushed the Jews back to the sacred place was the Zionist movement. The motive for the Zionist movement is religious belief. Zionist leaders argued that this is the fate of the Jews and that the Jews have the right to fill the land of Palestine. Israelis believe that not only they think they are racial but also religious organizations chosen by God.

Places and geography The geographical area of ​​Palestine has dramatically changed for centuries as the great empire holding the regime in the Mediterranean and the Middle East repeatedly conquered the land. Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and parts of Egypt, Jordan and Syria were part of Palestine. The Gaza Strip is a narrow land, about 18 miles (29 kilometers) long and 5 miles (8 kilometers) wide, located in the Mediterranean Sea between Egypt and Israel. It is largely flat, sandy and fertile. With the exception of the Jordan River and the eastern part adjacent to the Dead Sea, the West Bank is about 90 miles long (145 kilometers) long and 30 miles wide (48 kilometers) wide and is surrounded by Israel. The west of the West Bank is fertile and the south is almost barren.

The conquest of the military united the whole part of the land between the Mediterranean and the Jordan under the rule of Israel in 1948 and effectively resettled - the Jews declared Israel's Israel (the land of Israel) I thought of a Palestinian in Palestine. This promoted an uncompromising nationalist vision of both sides, which created the Messianic Settler movement and intense Palestinian terrorism. It is to be heard from people living in occupied territories - 650,000 Jewish settlers and 2.7 million Palestinians - now it is a zero sum game as before. Their voice comes from land without borders. Traveling to my East Jerusalem and the West Bank (text publication, paper, $ 16.95), extensive travel by Israeli novelist Nir Baram, translated by Jessica Cohen