For decades, warnings have circulated about the project of “Greater Israel”, a biblical-mythical vision promoted by the Zionist establishment to justify its colonial policies in Palestine and across the region.
While talk of annexing the West Bank or Judaizing al-Quds (Jerusalem) no longer shocks the world, new statements and indicators reveal a deeper expansionist ambition reaching beyond historic Palestine — towards the Arabian Peninsula and its sacred Islamic sites in Makkah al-Mukarramah and al-Madinah al-Munawwarah.
From Coins to Maps of Conquest
In the 1990s, the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat exposed an Israeli coin (10 agorot) depicting a map stretching from Egypt in the west to Iraq in the east, and from Syria and Lebanon in the north down to the Arabian Peninsula in the south.
Arafat described the coin as “material evidence” of the Zionist dream, which sought domination not only over Palestine but the entire region. This vision did not die with Oslo or subsequent “peace” projects; rather, it has repeatedly resurfaced in political, military, and religious discourse, proving it is not a mere “conspiracy theory” but an ideological project dressed in political clothing.
Recruitment Propaganda and Biblical Rhetoric
Recently, a French recruit serving in the Israeli occupation army appeared in a video urging fellow Jews in France to join the war of genocide in Gaza to fulfil the dream of “Greater Israel.”
Such rhetoric is part of a broader mobilising discourse linking current wars to biblical visions of expansion, claiming this land is the “promised inheritance” that must be restored.
Evangelical figures have also played a role in pushing this agenda. The preacher Dominique Berman declared in one video:
“With every war Israel fights, it gains more land. This is a divine step towards expanding from Lebanon and Syria all the way to the Arabian Gulf.”
Such statements give a religious cover to colonial expansionism, and attempt to rally Christian-Zionist support in the West.
Trump and “Biblical Israel”
During his election campaigns, Donald Trump once posed an odd question: “Is there a way to get more?” — clearly hinting at Israel’s territory. Later, when pressed on annexing the West Bank, he recycled the same line, seemingly testing the waters with American media and public opinion.
He was not alone. His ambassador to the occupation, Mike Huckabee, openly said:
“We will achieve something of biblical proportions in the Middle East during this administration.”
The term “Biblical Israel” lays bare that the project extends far beyond current state borders, redrawn according to religious myth rather than international law.
Netanyahu and the “Greater Israel” Vision
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has likewise tied his politics to what he calls the vision of “Yisrael HaShlema” (Greater Israel).
In August, he reiterated this ideological commitment before translating it into policy through accelerating settlement expansion in the West Bank. He even declared that Israel’s eastern frontier is not Ma’ale Adumim, but the Jordan Valley, signalling ambitions that reach past the West Bank into strategic zones bordering Jordan.
When viewed alongside earlier Zionist literature and speeches, such rhetoric suggests the next horizon may be southward — towards Makkah and Madinah, the spiritual and political heart of the Muslim world.
Saudi Normalisation: A Dangerous Card
Amid these developments, the file of Saudi-Israeli normalisation remains “on the table,” as repeatedly emphasised by American and Israeli officials.
While Riyadh appears cautious, critics warn that offering Israel any foothold in the Arabian Peninsula — political or economic — could pave the way for long-term threats to the future of the Two Holy Mosques.
Behind Israel’s promotion of “economic peace” and regional integration projects in energy and transport lies a colonial logic — embedding itself deeper in the Gulf in preparation for grander moves aligned with the “Greater Israel” vision.
Strategic Implications for the Ummah
“Greater Israel” is not a fantasy but a political tool to legitimise aggression. Every settlement expansion or war is wrapped in biblical-historical justification. Today’s genocide in Gaza is framed by Zionist rhetoric as a step in “purifying the land” and redrawing borders according to myth.
Most dangerous is that this vision does not exclude any Arab state. In Zionist writings, even Saudi Arabia is depicted as part of the “promised land.” This means the challenge facing the Arab and Muslim world is not only the defence of Palestine, but the protection of the Haramain as civilisational, religious, and political symbols.
From a coin etched with a map, to Netanyahu’s speeches, Trump’s soundbites, and Evangelical sermons, the features of the “Greater Israel” project become clear: a colonial design that reaches beyond Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza — placing Makkah and Madinah within its crosshairs.
As Israel continues its massacres in Gaza, cloaking them in biblical language, the danger of unconditional normalisation becomes obvious: it is not merely a political compromise, but a door to geographic and ideological infiltration targeting the most sacred sanctuaries of Islam.
Observers stress that confronting this project requires rejecting all forms of Saudi normalisation and raising Muslim awareness that this is not only a Palestinian cause, but an existential struggle against a Zionist vision seeking to redraw the map of the region upon biblical myths — threatening the present and future of the Ummah.
