It may just be a complement to the motif of territoriality, but the fact that former members of the Irgun were enthusiastic about keeping Sinai makes it seem like it existed as a dream amongst right wingers for 90+ yrs. But irdk enough about revisionist thought to say this authoritatively.

To be fair, the phrase from Bereshit 15:18 does appear in this 1934 Keren Tel Hai poster: shorturl.at/RuFAg .

I hate to sound like the stereotypical, corny, alarmist political commentator, but this is very much what Orwell is getting at in 1984 with the Big Brother slogan “war is peace.”

I would be genuinely curious to see support for the nation-state law polled among Diaspora Jews. As far as I know, such data does not exist. Diaspora Jewish organizations are probably not interested in funding such a survey.