Land acquisition was framed as religious ‘redemption’ even in the pre-state secular era.

Evidence

Beginning in the pre-state (secular) era, plans to take over Palestine through land acquisitions employed a mechanism infused with religious meaning called “land redemption,” which literally means saving the land from its Arab owners and returning it to perpetual Jewish ownership. This “saving” was originally done by purchase – when the Zionist settlers did not have enough means to do it otherwise. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 500

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘land redemption’ as the literal saving of land from Arab owners — a technical term whose loaded meaning needs the clarification.
• XREF: connects to: Sacred legitimation persisted in land policy even during the allegedly secular founding phase. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 504; Exclusive land control was religiously founded even during Zionism’s secular phase. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 504; Zionism framed land redemption as redemption from the East itself — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 649 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Sacred legitimation persisted in land policy even during the allegedly secular founding phase. #corroborates (0.95) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 504
• Exclusive land control was religiously founded even during Zionism’s secular phase. #corroborates (0.92) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 504
• Zionism framed land redemption as redemption from the East itself #expands (0.80) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 649
• Claims of sacred land ownership secure one group’s dominance over others #complicates (0.75) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 120