According to the Torah, Palestine was prosperous and inhabited long before the first entry of the Israelites, and the Torah itself does not countenance the establishment of Israel, explicitly warning against it.

It is stated in Deuteronomy:

“When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied, 12 be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 13 Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. 14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; 15 for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land.” (Deuteronomy 6:10–15)

This text clearly demonstrates that Palestine was already populated and abundant in wealth, featuring great cities not built by the Israelites, dug wells, and cultivated vineyards and olive groves they did not plant. It is evident that the Lord intended for them to dwell in this land alongside the existing nations, coexisting while fearing God, performing righteous deeds, and worshipping Him alone; otherwise, His wrath would be kindled against them, leading to their destruction.

Since God indeed destroyed them years later through the Assyrian and subsequent Babylonian invasions, this confirms His anger over their abandonment of His commandments. Consequently, this proves that any divine promise regarding the land—assuming it applied exclusively to them rather than all descendants of Abraham, which is not the case—was neither an eternal, unconditional promise nor an absolute birthright passed down by blood. Rather, it was a covenant contingent upon righteousness, as corroborated by the texts of the Torah itself and affirmed by the Holy Quran.

As recorded in the Psalms of David:

“27 Depart from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever. 28 For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever.” (Psalms 37:27–29)

The Holy Quran confirms and recalls this principle:

“And We have already written in the Psalms after the [previous] message that the land is inherited by My righteous servants.” (Al-Anbiya 21:105)

That is to say, after reminding humanity of the necessity of righteousness, piety, and shunning evil, it was decreed that the land does not belong to you unconditionally; rather, you inherit it only so long as you uphold piety and virtue.

It is well known that an inheritance naturally falls to an heir without unrighteous force, accruing after the precedent conditions are met. Attempting to seize an alleged inheritance by committing immoral acts under the pretext that it will eventually be theirs renders the claimant inherently disqualified. For instance, is a son permitted to murder his father to claim an inheritance, or does such an act automatically forfeit his right to it? How much more so when the very prerequisite of the inheritance is righteousness and piety?

Therefore, the establishment of the alleged state of Israel has no connection to the divine promise reserved for the righteous. Instead, it represents a criminal act accomplished through conspiracy, injustice, corruption, bloodshed, and the displacement of the land’s original inhabitants—actions that invite divine wrath. Furthermore, modern Palestine was similarly inhabited and flourishing prior to the establishment of Israel, contrary to the false Western narrative depicting it as a barren desert. Immigrants arrived impoverished, seeking safety and livelihood after being rejected by Europe, and were welcomed and sheltered by the Palestinians.

Thus, if Zionists—who are mostly atheists, and who in their overwhelming majority do not descend from the Israelites in the first place, meaning they have no claim by blood, even if a claim by blood existed at all—falsely and hypocritically claim a right to Palestine based on the Torah, the Torah itself offers them no support. It does not command them to commit transgressions to claim this inheritance; rather, it condemns their criminal actions and warns them of divine retribution and expulsion from the land of Palestine.