Eretz

Palestinian Arabs are descended from Jews who lived in Eretz Yisrael centuries ago but converted to Christianity and Islam (or, in some cases, from Jews whose ancestors converted to Christianity, and whose more recent ancestors converted from Christianity toIslam).

The Volokh Conspiracy » Genetic Evidence Shows Common Origins of Jews 2010

… Many of our people who came to buy land have been in Eretz Israel for months, and have toured its length and width, without finding what they seek. [

Matthew Yglesias » Gaza and Just War 2009

Not bloody likely, because if they did, they’d risk opening themselves up to immigration by the descendants of Palestinian refugees, to the extent that Palestinian Arabs are descended from Jews who lived in Eretz Yisrael centuries ago but converted to Christianity and Islam (or, in some cases, from Jews whose ancestors converted to Christianity, and whose more recent ancestors converted from Christianity to Islam).

The Volokh Conspiracy » Genetic Evidence Shows Common Origins of Jews 2010

Now, admittedly, the laws of Jubilee (and the Sabbatical year) were only supposed to be observed in Eretz Yisroel so long as the Temple stood — but you’d think the legislate the Book of Leviticus crowd that wants to legislate the theocracy of ancient Israel as if this nation were the New Jerusalem would actually, well, pay attention to what Leviticus actually says, wouldn’t you?

Matthew Yglesias » Copyright Forever 2007

Truth is, they’re only a tenuous majority in Eretz Israel!

Matthew Yglesias » La France Multiculty 2007

The human chain extended from the Salah Al-Deen Gate on the border between Gaza and Egypt in the south until the "Eretz" crossing point in the north of the Strip.

Elder of Ziyon 2010

Even excluding the extreme fringes of political belief, there is deep division on fundamental issues such as whether: (1) Israel should withdraw to its original borders and dismantle the settlements, (2) should the policy be eventually to incorporate the whole of Eretz Israel into the national territory,

The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Israeli Incompetence 2010

There was a time when I wished I had been able to live at the time of hamedina-sh'b'derech, the nation in the making: pre-state Eretz Israel.

Bradley Burston: Israel at 63: What Part of Shut Up Do You Not Understand? Bradley Burston 2011

There was a time when I wished I had been able to live at the time of hamedina-sh'b'derech, the nation in the making: pre-state Eretz Israel.

Bradley Burston: Israel at 63: What Part of Shut Up Do You Not Understand? Bradley Burston 2011

The far right National Union and one religious party — who together hold 8 seats out of 120 — are the only ones for “Greater Eretz Yisrael” today

The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Israeli Incompetence 2010