Lately I am seeing ambitious maps depicting an Israelite kingdom with extensive (possibly imaginary) borders. Contemporary Palestinians (Plishtim in Hebrew = Invaders) negate even the historicity of David and Solomon, they definitely do not like this map. Just to make it easier to mentally overlay it on today's political division, put your finger on Damascus, the capital of Syria. On the hand, the Mediterranean coastal strips north from Haifa and in Gaza are not included in the kingdom, they are Phoenician and Philistine respectively. Regarding the Phoenicians, they were Hebrew speaking Canaanites, a brother nation, so we may be their legitimate inheritors. Regarding Philistines, they disappeared and the solution to this mystery is that they were absorbed in the Israelite nation.
Mentally preparing for Greater israel.
ReplyDeleteWe are long prepared and waiting for the Messiah Ben David.
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