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Biblical King David's Kingdom at the time of his death.1This map is probably close to the Greater Israel .2Greater Israel is a controversial expression , with several different Biblical and political meanings over time.3It is often utilized in an irredentist fashion, in order to define the "natural" or desired borders of Israel in the eyes of radical Zionists.4Currently, the most common definition of the land encompassed by the term is the territory of the State of Israel together with the Palestinian territories .5Other earlier definitions, favored by Revisionist Zionism , included the territory of the former British Mandate of Palestine (with or without Transjordan , which developed independently after 1923).6Religious uses of Greater Israel borders refer to one of the Biblical definitions of the Land of Israel found in Genesis 15:18–21 , Deuteronomy 11:24 , Deuteronomy 1:7 , Numbers 34:1–15 or Ezekiel 47:13–20 .7
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Greater Israel is a controversial expression with several different Biblical and political meanings over time. Currently, the most common definition of the land encompassed by the term is the territory of the State of Israel together with the Palestinian territories . Other earlier definitions, favored by Revisionist Zionism , included the territory of the former British Mandate of Palestine (with or without Transjordan , which developed independently after 1923). Other religious uses refer to one of the Biblical definitions of the Land of Israel found in Genesis 15:18–21 , Numbers 34:1–15 or Ezekiel 47:13–20 . The boundaries of the Land of Israel defined by Ezekiel (blue line) and in the Torah (red line).
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This map representing biblical King David 's Kingdom at the time of his death is probably close to a halachaic Greater Israel Greater Israel ( ; Eretz Yisrael Hashlema ) is an expression , with several different Biblical and political meanings over time.It is often used, in an irredentist fashion, to refer to the historic or desired borders of Israel. Currently, the most common definition of the land encompassed by the term is the territory of the State of Israel together with the Palestinian territories . An earlier definition, favored by Revisionist Zionism , included the territory of the former Emirate of Transjordan . Religious uses of "Greater Israel" refer to one of the Biblical definitions of the Land of Israel found in Genesis 15:18–21 , Deuteronomy 11:24 , Deuteronomy 1:7 , Numbers 34:1–15 or Ezekiel 47:13–20 .
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Zionist ideologically irredentist term This map representing biblical King David 's Kingdom at the time of his death is probably close to a halachic Greater Israel Greater Israel ( ; Eretz Yisrael Hashlema ) is an expression , with several different biblical and political meanings over time. It is often used, in an irredentist fashion, to refer to the historic or desired borders of Israel. Currently, the most common definition of the land encompassed by the term is the territory of the State of Israel together with the Palestinian territories . An earlier definition, favored by Revisionist Zionism , included the territory of the former Emirate of Transjordan .
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Zionist ideologically irredentist term Location map showing Israel and its neighboring countries Greater Israel ( Hebrew : ארץ ישראל השלמה , Eretz Yisrael HaShlema ) is an expression with several different biblical and political meanings over time. It is often used, in an irredentist fashion, to refer to the historic or desired borders of Israel. There are two different primary uses of the term– one referring more narrowly to the area internationally recognized as part of the State of Israel along with the Golan Heights , West Bank , and Gaza Strip ; and a second definition referring to the much larger region stretching from the river Nile to the Euphrates .
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expression
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expression with several different biblical and political meanings over time
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