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[[File:Early-Historical-Israel-Dan-Beersheba-Judea-Corrected.png|thumb|250px|right|A map of the [[Kingdom of Israel]], as described in the Bible.]]
The '''Land of Israel''' ({{lang-he|אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל}} {{transl|he|ʼÉreṣ Yiśrāʼēl}}, {{transl|he|Eretz Yisrael/Eres Yisrael}}; {{lang-ar|أرض إسرائيل}}) is a name for the [[region]] also known as Greater Syria, [[Canaan]], [[Palestine|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]].<ref name="A">* {{cite web |website=Mission of Israel to the UN in Geneva |title=HISTORY of Israel: Timeline |url=https://embassies.gov.il/UnGeneva/AboutIsrael/history/Pages/History-Israel-Timeline.aspx |year=2010 |access-date=December 13, 2024 |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915055819/https://embassies.gov.il/UnGeneva/AboutIsrael/history/Pages/History-Israel-Timeline.aspx |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite web |website=American Jewish Committee (AJC) |title=5 Facts About the Jewish People's Ancestral Connection to the Land of Israel |url=https://www.ajc.org/news/5-facts-about-the-jewish-peoples-ancestral-connection-to-the-land-of-israel |date=February 26, 2024 |access-date=December 13, 2024 }}
* {{cite web |website=[[Britannica]] |title=Holy places: the land of Israel and Jerusalem |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Judaism/Holy-places-the-land-of-Israel-and-Jerusalem |date=November 27, 2024 |access-date=December 13, 2024 }}
* {{cite web |website=[[Chabad]] |title=23 Facts About the Land of Israel Every Jew Should Know |url=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4629458/jewish/23-Facts-About-the-Land-of-Israel-Every-Jew-Should-Know.htm |last=Posner |first=Menachem |access-date=December 13, 2024 }}
* {{cite news |work=Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) |title=Maintaining a hold on the Land of Israel |url=https://www.jns.org/maintaining-a-hold-on-the-land-of-israel |last1=Katsover |first1=Yehudit |last2=Matar |first2=Nadia |date=December 12, 2024 |access-date=December 13, 2024 }}</ref>

Before the rise of [[Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)|the Kingdom of Israel]], the region was called the '''Canaan'''.<ref>{{cite web |website=[[Britannica]] |title=Canaan {{!}} Definition, Map, History, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Canaan-historical-region-Middle-East |date=October 28, 2024 |access-date=December 13, 2024}}</ref> In the [[Bible]], the land was referred to as the ''Promised Land'' or ''Holy Land'', whose southern border extends to [[Sinai Peninsula|the Sinai]], bordering the [[Negev]], west to the [[Mediterranean Sea]] up to [[Cyprus]], east to Northwestern [[Jordan]], [[Golan Heights]] and Syria, and in the north up to [[Lebanon]]<ref>{{cite news |work=Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) |title=In Israel’s targeted north, quiet heroism is everywhere |url=https://www.jns.org/in-israels-targeted-north-quiet-heroism-is-everywhere |date=September 25, 2024 |access-date=December 13, 2024}}</ref> and [[Homs]], [[Syria]].<ref name="A" />

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