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Because Israel and the area around it is where most of The Bible is set and where Jesus lived. Jerusalem, BEthlemhem etc all there

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Because God himself promised this land to Jacob (Genesis ch.28), ancestor of the Israelites, and because the Holy Temple stood there.

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It was called the Holy Land by the Israelites. The word "Holy" means to be set apart. God set apart the land of Israel for the Israelite nation.


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