The nations cannot understand why the Jewish people should have a land. “If it is G‑d and scriptures and heaven that you are all about,” they argue, “then why do you want a piece of earth?" "Is G‑d in a place? Will you find G‑d in settling land, in governing a country, in defending it? Make up your mind: Is it heaven you want, or earth?” Those words, perhaps, are never said. They are tacit words, deeply etched into the fabric of the human psyche. Yet they are the bias behind all their contentions with us: We don’t belong here...