The Take What is the 'Greater Israel' project?
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Mar 30, 2026 Nour Odeh, Al Jazeera correspondent based in Ramallah, offers on-the-ground analysis of the Greater Israel ideology. She outlines its roots in Zionist thought and post-1967 expansionism. She discusses settlement growth, tactics in occupied territories, and how recent events and political shifts have mainstreamed territorial ambitions.
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Greater Israel Is Mainstreamed In Israeli Politics
- Greater Israel is an expansionist ideology envisioning borders from the Nile to the Euphrates as a legitimate goal.
- Nour Odeh says this view is mainstreamed in current Israeli politics and not just a fringe belief.
1967 Taught Expansion Has Few Consequences
- The 1967 Six-Day War convinced Israeli expansionists that territorial grabs carry no major consequences.
- Nour Odeh links that impunity to a revival of the Jabotinsky doctrine and long-term settlement drives.
Settlements Crossed Left Right Boundaries
- Settlement building crossed ideological lines: early settlements were founded by Israel's left and later normalized across the political spectrum.
- Nour Odeh notes nearly 800,000 settlers now live illegally in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.