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The Jewish people have a biblical right to Israel as their Promised Land.
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In brief: A religious text is not a property deed or a pretext for settler colonialism.
A religious text is not a property deed or a pretext for settler colonialism. Zionism instrumentalized Judaism to legitimize the colonization of Palestine, the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, and the settlement of Jews from around the world to establish a Jewish state.
Historically, Jewish communities were diverse in their languages, cultures, and political identities. In Palestine, they lived as Palestinian Jews alongside Muslim and Christian Palestinians, sharing a common language, culture, history, and society. Zionism recast Jewish identity as a homogenized national identity and then weaponized that identity to legitimize the establishment of a Jewish state through settler colonization. Today, millions of Jews reject Zionism on religious, ethical, and political grounds.
Imagine if Muslim communities around the world claimed the right to establish a sovereign state in Saudi Arabia and displace its inhabitants because Mecca and Medina are sacred in Islam. The world would outright reject it. The same principle applies here. Scripture does not create a legal or political right to colonize another people's land or displace its people.
Even if biblical claims were accepted as a matter of faith, no legal or moral framework permits establishing a state through settler colonization, ethnic cleansing, or the denial of another people's right to self-determination.