Eretz Yisrael

British  

/ ˈɛrets jisˈrɑeɪl, ˈɛrets jisrɑˈeɪl /

noun

1. the Holy Land; Israel

2. the concept, favoured by some extreme Zionists, of a Jewish state the territory of which matched the largest expanse of biblical Israel

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Etymology

Origin of Eretz Yisrael

literally: Land of Israel

Example Sentences

Unlike more moderate early Zionist leaders, the Revisionists were “territorial maximalists” whose idea of a Jewish homeland is Eretz Yisrael, the entirety of Palestine stretching into the Transjordan.

From Los Angeles Times

Those participating in the Hebron Aid Flotilla select from donation levels ranging from $100 to $100,000 in order to "raise our voices and take out our checkbooks in protest against the evil discrimination against the Jews of Hebron and Eretz Yisrael."

From Salon

Ask Aalim his favorite song and he will happily belt out: “Eretz Yisrael sheli yaffa v’gam porachat!”

From New York Times

The idea is anathema in Israel -- yet becoming thinkable to some of the 115,000 settlers who have laid claim to the West Bank land they call Judea and Samaria, an integral part of Eretz Yisrael, the land God gave to the Jews.

From Time Magazine Archive

When he helped found Kiryat Arba, now home to 7,000 Jews near the Palestinian city of Hebron, in 1968, he says, "we felt that God had opened the gates and brought us back to the heart of Eretz Yisrael."

From Time Magazine Archive