GREATER ISRAEL - and why Israel is attacking Lebanon?

According to the Torah, Lebanon is part of Israel's promised territories, also called GREATER ISRAEL in daily use.

Oct 06, 2024

Jerusalem Post article on ‘Greater Israel’ has dissapeared (but been found again;)

An article was published on September 25th in the israeli media Jerusalem Post on what the Torah tells about Israel’s promised land territories. This was only two days after the beginning of the Israeli attack on Lebanon, which killed more than 500 Lebanese on the first day alone.

But soon after it was published the article went viral - but only for at short time. The Jerusalem Post took it down, for some reason or another. Maybe because it was too revealing of the military nature of the zionist Israeli state?

Here’s the link to the article:
https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-821680

And here’s what happens if you click the above link:

But in this day and age, deleting an article is not easy after it has first been published. Someone copied the article to the internet-memory-machine Archive Today (see the deleted article). Below is the wording of the deleted article:

The Torah verses convey profound messages that we can insightfully extract for our daily lives. Rabbi Shay Tahan, the Rosh Kollel of Shaarei Ezra in Brooklyn, NY, graciously opens the gates to understand them.
The recent conflict in Lebanon raises the age-old question regarding the northern borders of biblical Eretz Yisrael. Where exactly did Hashem define the boundaries, and are we obligated to conquer those areas? Do the mitzvot of terumah and ma’aser apply to those lands as part of Eretz Yisrael, or are they considered outside the borders?
The Torah provides clear guidelines regarding the areas we were commanded to conquer when taking possession of the land.
In the last generation, the term "Greater Israel" has come to the forefront. It is sometimes used in political or religious discussions about the ideal or future borders of Israel, often in the context of messianic or Zionist aspirations. Some interpret it as a call for the re-establishment of Israel’s biblical borders. However, the concept varies in meaning, ranging from symbolic or spiritual interpretations to literal geographical claims.
This term refers to the concept of the biblical boundaries of the Land of Israel as promised to the Jewish people in various parts of the Torah. It is often associated with the land described in the Covenant with Avraham (Brit Bein HaBetarim), which stretches from the "River of Egypt" (interpreted by some as the Nile or a smaller river in Sinai) to the Perat River. This expansive region includes parts of modern-day Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq.
When Hashem promised Avraham Avinu the Land of Israel at the Brit Bein HaBetarim, the pasuk says (בראשית טז): "On that day, Hashem made a covenant with Avram, saying: To your descendants, I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates."
At the blessing at the end of Parshat Ekev, Hashem tells us that we are granted every land we will conquer within the borders mentioned. In the north, the Torah states: "Every place where the sole of your foot will tread shall be yours—from the wilderness and the Lebanon, from the river—the Euphrates River—until the western sea shall be your boundary." This promise from the Creator clearly places the land of Lebanon within the Promised Land of Israel, or what some refer to as "the Complete Land of Israel", or “The greater Israel”.

Further explanation of GREATER ISRAEL

On October 5th, the independent medie BreakThrough News made are very thorough 14 minute video on what the term GREATER ISRAEL actully stands for. I highly recommend this video: