Greater Israel

🌍 This image presents a political-theological concept of “Greater Israel” (sometimes called Eretz Yisrael HaShlemah), which is not an actual geopolitical reality but a symbolic or ideological map. Let me break down the underlying message and rationale:

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🗺️1. Geographic Expansion

The shaded blue area stretches far beyond the current State of Israel:

• West: From the Nile River in Egypt

• East: To the Euphrates River (Iraq/Syria)

• South: Into parts of the Arabian Peninsula

• North: Into present-day Turkey

This reflects the biblical promise in Genesis 15:18:

“To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates.”

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📜✡️ 2. Religious & Ideological Justification

The map is tied to the biblical covenant with Abraham, which some Jewish and Christian Zionist groups interpret literally as a divine grant of land.

• Hebrew is emphasized as the main language.

• The capital is “Yerushalayim” (Jerusalem).

• It is framed as the “Land of Milk and Honey.”

This suggests a vision of restoring or expanding Israel to the biblical borders under King David or Solomon, when the kingdom supposedly extended across much of the Near East.

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🏛️📢 3. Political Message

By labeling it the “Great Kingdom of Israel” with details like GDP, official languages, and governance, the image frames this concept as if it were a modern state, not just an ancient kingdom or scriptural idea.

• It imagines Israel as a unitary theocratic constitutional monarchy.

• It lists major cities including Cairo and Amman, implying that entire modern Arab capitals would belong to this expanded Israel.

This reflects an aspirational or provocative narrative rather than a realistic political plan.

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🌍⚠️ 4. Controversial Implications

The image carries strong geopolitical and religious symbolism:

• To supporters: it portrays the fulfillment of God’s covenant with Abraham.

• To critics: it embodies fears of expansionism or justification for displacing neighboring nations.

• The map overlaps with existing Arab and Muslim lands (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Jordan), making it a sensitive subject in Middle Eastern politics.

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✅ In summary:

The underlying message is that Israel’s “true” borders, according to certain biblical interpretations, extend from the Nile to the Euphrates. The rationale is rooted in biblical covenant theology, reframed here as a political vision of a future Greater Israel.

— Azahari Hassim

Founder, The World of Abrahamic Theology