In an attempt to convey the basis of modern Israel’s claim and
right to the land that they occupy as a nation, (but which is
highly contested by the Palestinians, the Arab world, the Muslim
world, and a significant portion of the rest of the world, as
represented by the United Nations) I have previously submitted
for your consideration numerous biblical writings indicating
that Israel was the beneficiary of God’s sovereign will and
choice to be the recipient of a region of territory in the
Middle East called the land of Canaan; and that God gave Israel
the land because He considered it His with the concomitant right
to give the land to whomever He chose, which in this case was
and is Israel. The analogy of a gift in part 8 of this series
was used to express the idea that for a gift to be effective the
giver must have the right to give it. Since the God of this
universe clearly claims and states that the land was His, He
could and hence did give a valid and effective grant of it to
Israel. To go a step further