{"id":4856,"date":"2024-01-10T09:33:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T09:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=4856"},"modified":"2024-01-10T09:33:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T09:33:58","slug":"israels-ambitious-borders-writer-forecasts-expansion-to-mecca-medina-and-mount-sina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2024\/01\/10\/israels-ambitious-borders-writer-forecasts-expansion-to-mecca-medina-and-mount-sina\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel&#8217;s Ambitious Borders: Writer Forecasts Expansion to Mecca, Medina, and Mount Sina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Lipkin stated in media remarks: &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;Those on the other side of the Euphrates are our Kurdish friends&#8230; So, we have the Mediterranean Sea behind us, the Kurds in front of us, and Lebanon, which really needs Israel&#8217;s protective umbrella. After that, I believe we will take Mecca, Medina, and Mount Sinai.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u062a\u0628 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0627\u0633\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0644\u064a \u0622\u0641\u064a \u0644\u064a\u0628\u0643\u064a\u0646: &#8220;\u0623\u0639\u062a\u0642\u062f \u0623\u0646 \u062d\u062f\u0648\u062f\u0646\u0627 \u0633\u062a\u0645\u062a\u062f \u0641\u064a \u0646\u0647\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0637\u0627\u0641 \u0645\u0646 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646<\/a> \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u062d\u0631\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0628\u0631\u0649\u060c \u0648\u0647\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0645\u0644\u0643\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629<\/a>\u060c \u0648\u0645\u0646 \u062b\u0645 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u062d\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0628\u064a\u0636 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0648\u0633\u0637 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0631\u0627\u062a\u060c \u0633\u0646\u0623\u062e\u0630 \u0645\u0643\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u064a\u0646\u0629 \u0648\u062c\u0628\u0644 \u0633\u064a\u0646\u0627\u0621&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fAi34hR7Kf\">pic.twitter.com\/fAi34hR7Kf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0645\u062c\u0644\u0629 \u0645\u064a\u0645.. \u0645\u0650\u0631\u0622\u062a\u0646\u0627 (@Meemmag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Meemmag\/status\/1744838959648113049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Renewed Israeli Controversy<\/h3>\n<p>Israelis often stir controversy with discussions about establishing their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2023\/12\/04\/controversial-claims-jewish-historian-envisions-israels-borders-extending-from-lebanon-to-mecca-and-medina\/\">borders<\/a> to encompass the area from the Nile to the Euphrates under the illusion of what is called &#8220;Greater Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The extremist Jewish rabbi, Eliyahu Melamed, claimed that Israel&#8217;s borders should extend from the Nile River in Egypt to the Euphrates in Iraq. 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