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Inside Israel's expansionist ambitions

Deutsche Welle · · 1198 words · By Djamilia Prange de Oliveira
Territorial Expansion International Law Religious Ideology
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“The map shows a Jewish state that encompasses parts of Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia – extending way beyond the 1949 armistice line”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The term "Holy Land" is used to collectively denote areas of the Southern Levant that hold great significance in the Abrahamic religions, primarily because of their association with people and events …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Land
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Land of Israel (Hebrew: אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, Modern: Éretz Yisra'él, Tiberian: ʾEreṣ Yīsrāʾēl, land of Jacob, later known as Israel) is the traditional Jewish name for an area of the Southern Levant.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Israel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In Abrahamic religions, the "Promised Land" refers to an area in the Levant that God chose to bestow, via a series of covenants, upon the family and descendants of Abraham. The Promised Land is transl…
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“It's 3,000 kilometers – almost as big as the Sahara desert”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall, smalle…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sahara is one of the world's large deserts, located in northern Africa. Sahara may also refer to:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Western Sahara is a United Nations–recognized non-self-governing territory in north-western Africa. It has a surface area of 272,000 square kilometres (105,000 sq mi). Western Sahara is the last Afric…
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“The idea of 'Greater Israel' originates in the Bible”
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“Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich caused diplomatic turmoil in March 2023 by displaying a 'Greater Israel' map including Jordan”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon, between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. It is a resumption of major fighting in the Israel–Hezbollah conflict that …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel Katz (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּ״ץ; born 21 September 1955) is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Likud currently serving as Minister of Defense and a member of the Security Cabine…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli Ministry of Finance (Hebrew: מִשְׂרַד הָאוֹצָר, romanized: Misrad HaOtzar) is the main economic ministry of the Government of Israel. It is responsible for planning and implementing the Go…
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“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a map fully annexing the West Bank in September 2024”
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“The US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, stated in February 2026 that it would be 'fine' if Israel took over the entire Middle East”
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“The biblical story (Genesis 15:18-21) describes God promising Abraham and his descendants a territory from the Nile to the Euphrates River”
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“The UN Partition Plan of 1947 allocated about 56% of former British Mandatory Palestine to a future Jewish state”
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“After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Israel controlled about 77% of former British Mandatory Palestine”
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“The UN views all Israeli settlements beyond the Green Line as a violation of international law”
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“The International Court of Justice found the occupation of Palestinian territories to be illegal in an advisory opinion of 2024”
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“More than 700,000 Jewish Israeli settlers live in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem according to the UN”
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“The Knesset approved a law in March 2026 imposing the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of fatal attacks”
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