The rabbitic view of Israel is that Israel isn't a place nor is it a land, but rather it is a people. They're descended from Israel. And thus in calling themselves Israel, they are just denoting themselves as being descended from Jacob.

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J-160Will Sexton · YouTube, The Narrative · Oct. 26, 2026 (YouTube publish date, 26 Oct 2026. Date only, not a spoken clock time. The link opens at the in-video time.)Public sourceOriginal Archived copy (in-video 7:06)Share page

From his video "This Chabad Rabbi Just Confirmed Everything About Israel's Plans" (26 Oct 2026). Auto-captions. This is his opinion.

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