Greater Israel

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Greater Israel is a nationalist ideological concept envisioning a Jewish state extending beyond Israel’s internationally recognized borders to encompass additional biblical or historically claimed territories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf irredentist concept
political ideology
territorial nationalist concept
associatedWithGroup certain settler movements
religious Zionists
some Israeli right-wing parties
basedOn biblical descriptions of the Land of Israel
historical claims of Jewish presence
religious interpretations of the Hebrew Bible
claimsTerritory East Jerusalem
Gaza Strip
Golan Heights
West Bank
surface form: Judea and Samaria

Sinai Peninsula
West Bank
parts of Iraq
parts of Jordan
parts of Lebanon
parts of Syria
coreIdea Greater Israel self-linksurface differs
surface form: Israel’s borders should extend beyond its internationally recognized boundaries

the Jewish state should encompass all territory of the biblical Land of Israel
criticizedFor conflicting with international law norms on acquisition of territory by force
promoting annexation of occupied territories
undermining prospects for a two-state solution
geopoliticalRegion Middle East
hasAlternativeName Eretz HaKodesh
surface form: Eretz Yisrael Hashlema

Greater Israel
surface form: Greater Land of Israel

Greater Israel
surface form: Whole Land of Israel
hasDebate compatibility with democracy and equal rights for non-Jews
extent of borders envisioned
hasIdeologicalContext Zionism
religious Zionism
right-wing Zionism
hasLanguage Hebrew
hasReligiousContext Judaism
historicalTrigger Israeli victory in the 1967 Six-Day War
influencedBy Jewish historical memory of ancient Israelite kingdoms
religious belief in divine promise of the land to the Jewish people
opposedBy large parts of the international community
many Israeli left-wing parties
most Arab states
most Palestinian political movements
politicalImplication permanent Israeli control over occupied Palestinian territories
rejection of a fully sovereign Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza
support for settlement expansion
relatedConcept Israeli settlements in the West Bank
surface form: Israeli settlements

Eretz HaKodesh
surface form: Land of Israel

Zionism
annexation of territory
timePeriodOfProminence post-1967 era

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Herut advocates Greater Israel
Shmuel Katz advocated Greater Israel
this entity surface form: Greater Israel ideology
Greater Israel hasAlternativeName Greater Israel
this entity surface form: Whole Land of Israel
Greater Israel hasAlternativeName Greater Israel
this entity surface form: Greater Land of Israel
Greater Israel coreIdea Greater Israel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Israel’s borders should extend beyond its internationally recognized boundaries
Israel Eldad politicalIdeology Greater Israel
this entity surface form: Greater Israel ideology
Israel Eldad influenced Greater Israel
this entity surface form: Greater Israel movement