This Land is Mine

[Garland-Green]

by Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum

More often than not, the claim to Palestine as a Jewish homeland has been based upon historical and national rights. All this changed when Menachem Begin became Prime Minister of Israel. Historical and national claims were not discarded, but took secondary place to the Biblical claims which were now being set forth. Begin quoted heavily from God's promises to Abraham, Moses and the prophets. The West Bank was now called by its old Biblical names of Judea and Samaria. Secularized Jews have not been comfortable with this claim to the land, though orthodoxy has been ecstatic with it. Some went so far as to state that the Biblical right to the land is the only really valid claim.

Is there any validity to making the Scriptures the source for the modern Jewish claim to the land? The answer is a resounding yes." In fact, this is the only area where Jewish claims become unique. While both historical and national claims are important, the Arabs have made their own claim to the land based upon those two elements as well. At that point, it becomes a matter of choice of whose historical and national claims one will accept. However, in the area of the Biblical right to the land, the Arabs cannot make any claim to it, while the Jews can. Hence, the Arabs do not and cannot claim to have any Biblical authority for their right to the land. Their literature tries to ignore it. Or, when they do address the matter, it is through rebuttals from ministers who do not hold to a literal view of Scripture. However, the Jewish Biblical claims have no rival.

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[Lady Vizsla]

I thought Jews and Arabs were both descendants of Shem. So were both Semitic. I guess I'm not too knowledgeable on the history.  

[Frogsnack]

This is very interesting, I will definitely read it! mrgreen