Eretz Israel: Keeping Zion in Zionism

The State of Israel is nine miles wide at its most narrow point. Its area is a total of 8000 square miles (enough to fit inside Florida eight times). It takes less than seven hours to travel by car from Israel’s northern border all the way down to the southern city of Eilat. Israel is one of the only countries in the Middle East that does not have oil resources. It has a limited water supply, and the dubious honor of being surrounded by enemy countries (as well as a few precarious allies). These facts don’t make Israel seem like an appealing place to visit, let alone live. The location of the Jewish State is not to be envied-on top of all of the previous statistics, members of the global community routinely accuse Israel of “occupying” land and the Jewish...