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View all search resultsIndonesia rejects Netanyahu’s Greater Israel vision
First emerging in the 19th century as a Zionist, messianic vision of Israel’s borders, the term Greater Israel according to traditional texts referred the totality of area stretching from “the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates”, or present-day Gaza, West Bank, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement during the United States Independence Day reception, known as the annual “Fourth of July“ celebration, hosted by Newsmax in Jerusalem on Aug. 13, 2025. (AFP/Ronen Zvulun)
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ndonesia has strongly rejected and denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vision of a “Greater Israel” through the full annexation of Palestinian territories and other countries in the Middle East.
The Foreign Ministry, in a statement issued on Thursday, called for the international community to take concrete steps to halt Israeli policies that “erode the prospects for peace”, stressing that lasting peace in the Middle East can only be achieved through the two-state solution and granting Palestinians their right to self-determination.
“Indonesia calls on the international community, especially the [United Nations Security Council (UNSC)], to reject all forms of annexation and permanent occupation by Israel, whether in Palestine or elsewhere in the region,” the ministry said.
International outrage over Netanyahu’s foreign policy in the region flared up earlier this week, following his recent interview with Israeli media i24 TV where the prime minister revealed that he “very much” connected to the vision of Greater Israel.
First emerging in the 19th century as a Zionist, messianic vision of Israel’s borders, the term Greater Israel according to traditional texts refers to the totality of area stretching from “the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates”, or present-day Gaza, West Bank, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon.
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The term was later used after the Six Day War in 1967 to refer to Israel and its conquered lands: the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula.
