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Article: Sacred real estate: in the Bible Israel is a caretaker. "The land is mine," says God. "You are but strangers resident with me".
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- July 25, 2006
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IN RECENT YEARS, certain religious Jewish and Christian communities have proclaimed that exclusive Jewish Sovereignty over the Holy Land is a theological right and necessity, a condition for the unfolding of the messianic era. This view has been exploited by some secular Israelis, who for political reasons--linked to concerns about security or the war on terrorism--seek to maximize territorial control of the land. Although Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert's new convergence plan acknowledges the immorality and implausibility of the exclusivist position, in opting for unilateral action it still ignores the rights of those families whose land was expropriated for reasons ...