Israel’s Ambitious Borders: Writer Forecasts Expansion to Mecca, Medina, and Mount Sina
Watan-Israeli writer and politician Avi Lipkin has sparked a debate regarding the extent of expansion Israel intends to implement in its borders, reaching as far as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Lipkin stated in media remarks: “I believe that our borders will ultimately extend from Lebanon to the Greater Desert, meaning the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates.”
He added: “Those on the other side of the Euphrates are our Kurdish friends… So, we have the Mediterranean Sea behind us, the Kurds in front of us, and Lebanon, which really needs Israel’s protective umbrella. After that, I believe we will take Mecca, Medina, and Mount Sinai.
الكاتب والسياسي الإسرائيلي آفي ليبكين: “أعتقد أن حدودنا ستمتد في نهاية المطاف من #لبنان إلى الصحراء الكبرى، وهي المملكة العربية #السعودية، ومن ثم من البحر الأبيض المتوسط إلى الفرات، سنأخذ مكة والمدينة وجبل سيناء”. pic.twitter.com/fAi34hR7Kf
— مجلة ميم.. مِرآتنا (@Meemmag) January 9, 2024
Renewed Israeli Controversy
Israelis often stir controversy with discussions about establishing their borders to encompass the area from the Nile to the Euphrates under the illusion of what is called “Greater Israel.”
The extremist Jewish rabbi, Eliyahu Melamed, claimed that Israel’s borders should extend from the Nile River in Egypt to the Euphrates in Iraq. In one of his weekly lessons to a group of students, he stated: “As long as there is not a sufficient number of Jews in the land of Israel, our enemies continue to exist there and kill us.”
He alleged that Israel’s borders stretch from the Nile River in Egypt to the Euphrates in Iraq, and that only the region around the Jordan River has been acquired, referring to the land of Palestine.
