What I mean is that Israel of the OT is about the people, the son's of Israel (Jacob); it was never about a place. God told them to go somewhere, but He never called that place Israel. To call that place Israel is another insult to God; as if killing His son wasn't enough.
Okay what about the promised land though?
There was a promised land, I agree, but it was not called Israel. Only the people were called Israel, even when they were deported, like in Babylon for example.
Again, even if this was true, who cares? The isrelis are in israel and are jews. Genetically they are one and the same. Why do you care to split hairs of an irrelevant point?
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