Holy Land

noun

1. the Holy Land
   another name for Palestine

Example Sentences

These Christians see Trump as a modern-day Cyrus the Great, the powerful empire builder and nonbeliever who is credited in the Old Testament with returning the Jews to the Holy Land.

From Slate

“If Kamala Harris wins, terrorist armies will wage an unceasing war to drive Jews out of the Holy Land. ... Israel will no longer exist.”

From Los Angeles Times

Perhaps that’s because most of us will never scale the towering rock walls that make Yosemite the holy land for hard-core climbers.

From Los Angeles Times

Even the allegedly antisemitic chant, "from the river to the sea" — which originated as a Zionist concept decades before the creation of Israel — speaks to a vision of equality, and freedom from occupation and violence, for all the people of the Holy Land, Palestinian and Israeli alike.

From Salon

He said Zeitoun was inspired by family stories about his grandfather protecting Jews when riots erupted in 1929, when the Holy Land was under British colonial rule.

From Seattle Times