Land of Israel

The Land of Israel (Hebrew: אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל ʼÉreṣ Yiśrāʼēl, Eretz Yisrael/Eres Yisrael; Arabic: أرض إسرائيل) is a name for the region also known as Greater Syria, Canaan, Palestina or the Holy Land. The name comes from the Torah and the Bible. The area is in the Middle East, and covers the southern part of the Levant.^[1]

Before the rise of Israel, the region was called the Canaan.^[2] In the Bible, the land was referred to as the Promised Land or Holy Land, whose southern border extends to the Sinai, bordering the Negev, west to the Mediterranean Sea up to Cyprus, east to Northwestern Jordan, Golan Heights and Syria, and the north up to Lebanon^[3] and Homs, Syria.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1}
   • "HISTORY of Israel: Timeline". Mission of Israel to the UN in Geneva. 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
   • "5 Facts About the Jewish People's Ancestral Connection to the Land of Israel". American Jewish Committee (AJC). February 26, 2024. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
   • "Holy places: the land of Israel and Jerusalem". Britannica. November 27, 2024. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
   • Posner, Menachem. "23 Facts About the Land of Israel Every Jew Should Know". Chabad. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
   • Katsover, Yehudit; Matar, Nadia (December 12, 2024). "Maintaining a hold on the Land of Israel". Jewish News Syndicate (JNS). Retrieved December 13, 2024.
2. ↑ "Canaan | Definition, Map, History, & Facts". Britannica. October 28, 2024. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
3. ↑ "In Israel's targeted north, quiet heroism is everywhere". Jewish News Syndicate (JNS). September 25, 2024. Retrieved December 13, 2024.