Religious injunctions directly legitimize land expropriation and permanent Jewish-only ownership.

Evidence

Land redemption (geulat adama) is a Halachic33 concept that means returning the land to its original owner. For precisely this goal, the Jewish National Fund (JNF) was established in Basel, Switzerland, in 1901 – to save the land from its Arab owners (Wolfe 2012). Although this objective is completely consistent with the settler-colonial project, for the JNF to become “the custodian of the land for the Jewish people,” the clause stipulates that the Jewish ownership should be permanent (Katz 2002), and that is why the JNF’s land is not available for the Arab citizens in Israel. This clause is based on the biblical injunction that “the land shall not be sold in perpetuity” (Leviticus 25:23; see Leon 2006, 115–21). The JNF’s activities continue not only in Israel but also in the West Bank, to acquire Palestinian lands for future Jewish settlements, often through forgery and fraud (Peace Now 2017). — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 503

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s overarching question of how religious/sacred framing makes political claims non-negotiable — a biblical clause invoked to justify a permanent, ethnically exclusive land monopoly. — connects to: Claims of sacred land ownership secure one group’s dominance over others — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 120; 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; Israeli state archaeology functions to legitimize an exclusive claim to the land — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 627 (+1 more)
• SEED: The case of a sacred text clause (Leviticus) being operationalized into a modern land-acquisition corporation is a concrete instance of sacralized politics generating durable, compromise-resistant institutions.

Broader Connections

• Claims of sacred land ownership secure one group’s dominance over others #corroborates (0.82) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 120
• Sacred legitimation persisted in land policy even during the allegedly secular founding phase. #corroborates (0.80) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 504
• Israeli state archaeology functions to legitimize an exclusive claim to the land #expands (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 627
• Secular Zionism deliberately fused itself with religious claims to build legitimacy. #expands (0.74) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 511