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==Quotes==
==Quotes==
*The inheritance of a deer, as the skin of a deer, unoccupied by the body of the animal, shrinks, so also the the land of the deer <small>([https://hebrew-academy.org.il/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A5-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%99/ alternative name for the land of Israel])</small>, unoccupied by its rightful owners, became contracted.
**Rabbi Ulla in Talmud: ''Gittin'', 57a:13. Quoted in ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14368/pg14368-images.html Hebraic Literature]''.
*Better to lodge in the wilderness of the land of Israel than dwell in the palaces outside of it.
**''Midrash Rabbah'', [https://www.sefaria.org/Bereshit_Rabbah.39?ven=english|The_Sefaria_Midrash_Rabbah,_2022&lang=bi 39:8]. Quoted in ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14368/pg14368-images.html Hebraic Literature].''
*Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people; and I will bring you into the Land of Israel... And I will put My spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land.
**Bible, Ezekiel [https://www.sefaria.org/Ezekiel.37.13?lang=he&with=all&lang2=en 37:13-15].
*The Holy One, Blessed be He, gave Israel three precious gifts... These gifts are: Torah, Eretz Israel, and the World-to-Come.
**[https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13723-simeon-ben-yohai Rabbi Shim‘on ben Yoḥai], Talmud: ''Berakhot'' [https://www.sefaria.org/Berakhot.5a.20?lang=en&with=all&lang2=en 5a:20].


* As long as in our heart of hearts
* As long as in our heart of hearts
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::Where David once encamped.
::Where David once encamped.
:* [[Imber]], ''[[Hatikva]]'', 1876.
:* [[Imber]], ''[[Hatikva]]'', 1876.
*Each land has some unique property, but the Land of Israel is endowed with all of these, lacking none.
**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shimon-bar-Yochai Simeon bar Yoḥai]. ''Sifre'', #37, to ''Deut''. 11.10.


*The [[Zionism|idea]] [Zionism] in itself is only natural, beautiful and just. Who can contest the rights of the Jews on Palestine? My God, historically it is your country!
*The [[Zionism|idea]] [Zionism] in itself is only natural, beautiful and just. Who can contest the rights of the Jews on Palestine? My God, historically it is your country!
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**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-North-Whitehead Alfred North Whitehead]. ''Atlantic Monthly'', March 1939, “[https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1939/03/an-appeal-to-sanity/653592/ An Appeal to Sanity].”
**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-North-Whitehead Alfred North Whitehead]. ''Atlantic Monthly'', March 1939, “[https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1939/03/an-appeal-to-sanity/653592/ An Appeal to Sanity].”


=== Holiness, Greatness and Uniqueness of Palestine ===
=== In Ancient Jewish Literature ===


* To be buried in Palestine is like being buried under the altar.
* To be buried in Palestine is like being buried under the altar.
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* Palestine is the center of the world, Jerusalem the center of Palestine, and the Temple the center of Jerusalem... In the Holy of Holies there was a stone, the foundation of the world.
* Palestine is the center of the world, Jerusalem the center of Palestine, and the Temple the center of Jerusalem... In the Holy of Holies there was a stone, the foundation of the world.
**Midrash ''Tanhuma, Kidushin'' [https://www.sefaria.org/Midrash_Tanchuma%2C_Kedoshim.10.1?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 10:1].
**Midrash ''Tanhuma, Kidushin'' [https://www.sefaria.org/Midrash_Tanchuma%2C_Kedoshim.10.1?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 10:1].
*The inheritance of a deer, as the skin of a deer, unoccupied by the body of the animal, shrinks, so also the the land of the deer <small>([https://hebrew-academy.org.il/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A5-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%99/ alternative name for the land of Israel])</small>, unoccupied by its rightful owners, became contracted.
**Rabbi Ulla in Talmud: ''Gittin'', 57a:13. Quoted in ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14368/pg14368-images.html Hebraic Literature]''.
*Better to lodge in the wilderness of the land of Israel than dwell in the palaces outside of it.
**''Midrash Rabbah'', [https://www.sefaria.org/Bereshit_Rabbah.39?ven=english|The_Sefaria_Midrash_Rabbah,_2022&lang=bi 39:8]. Quoted in ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14368/pg14368-images.html Hebraic Literature].''
*Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people; and I will bring you into the Land of Israel... And I will put My spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land.
**Bible, Ezekiel [https://www.sefaria.org/Ezekiel.37.13?lang=he&with=all&lang2=en 37:13-15].
*The Holy One, Blessed be He, gave Israel three precious gifts... These gifts are: Torah, Eretz Israel, and the World-to-Come.
**[https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13723-simeon-ben-yohai Rabbi Shim‘on ben Yoḥai], Talmud: ''Berakhot'' [https://www.sefaria.org/Berakhot.5a.20?lang=en&with=all&lang2=en 5a:20].
*Each land has some unique property, but the Land of Israel is endowed with all of these, lacking none.
**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shimon-bar-Yochai Simeon bar Yoḥai]. ''Sifre'', #37, to ''Deut''. 11.10.