This expression, traditionally recited at the conclusion of both the Passover Seder (the Jewish festive feast to commemorate the Exodus from Egypt) and the Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) service, represents the enduring aspiration of the Jewish people to return to the land of Israel. While it has been recited for centuries before the return to the homeland, it is still relevant as it reminds both Israelis and Jews around the world that the miraculous creation of the State of Israel is not trivial and still needs to be fought for.

Tomorrow we are celebrating the third Passover Seder since the 7th of October 2023 and by now the antizionist movement is clearly spelling its aim to expel (at best) all the Jews from Israel. They are no longer hiding behind ‘from the river to the sea’, in private talks, on social media and often in street demonstrations they are unequivocally stating that the Jews have illegally stolen the land from its original natives; the so called “Palestinians”.

The knives are out – it became legitimate to call for the elimination of the State of Israel ‘by any means necessary’. As no one relates to the fact that the Jews were thrown out of their countries in the diaspora in the first place, my understanding of ‘by any means necessary’ is based on the 7th of October massacre and the indiscriminate targeting of civilians by Iran and its proxies.

Thus, given the worldwide increase in antisemitism and the direct violence against Jews everywhere, Israel’s importance has become even more pronounced.

My aim in my book and articles is to simplify complex situations and write with the principle of ‘short hits the aim long is lame’.

The Quran relates to Bnei Israel, this means that it recognises that there was such a nation, and we know well where it had resided. In fact, chapters 5:20 and 17:104 in the Quran seem to support the idea that Allah gave the promised land to the Jews. Moreover, Jews, even after the forced Roman........

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