Israeli soldiers operating in the northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 19, 2023. (Credit: Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
A controversial map outlining the “promised land of Israel” has emerged, encompassing a vast territory far beyond its current borders. The map includes the Gaza Strip, West Bank, all of Lebanon and Jordan, significant portions of Syria and Iraq and even parts of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.Maps depicting an expanded “Greater Israel,” encompassing territories from the Nile to the Euphrates rivers, are circulating among supporters of the Eretz Yisrael Hashlema movement. This expansionist ideology, promoted by some ultra-Orthodox religious Zionist groups, calls for extending Israel's borders to encompass biblical lands.Once marginalized, proponents of this expansionist project are gaining influence in Israeli politics, particularly with the far-right dominating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government....
A controversial map outlining the “promised land of Israel” has emerged, encompassing a vast territory far beyond its current borders. The map includes the Gaza Strip, West Bank, all of Lebanon and Jordan, significant portions of Syria and Iraq and even parts of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.Maps depicting an expanded “Greater Israel,” encompassing territories from the Nile to the Euphrates rivers, are circulating among supporters of the Eretz Yisrael Hashlema movement. This expansionist ideology, promoted by some ultra-Orthodox religious Zionist groups, calls for extending Israel's borders to encompass biblical lands.Once marginalized, proponents of this expansionist project are gaining influence in Israeli politics, particularly with the far-right dominating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...