But they weren't tied to the land for 3000 years. That's a myth. Ashkenazi Jews are not Sephardic nor are they Mizrhaic. Until Israel was invented, Ashkenazi hadn't been in Israel since 70 AD.
In fact, a strong argument can be made that Judaism was completely destroyed with the destruction of the Second Temple. The rabbi-synagogue system was a pure invention, built on a theological rationale that had no historical grounding in or connection with Temple Judaism. Rabbinic Judaism's relationship to actual Judaism is something like Mormonism's relationship to Christianity... substantially non-existent. Like Mormonism, rabbinic Judaism is the invention of one man. Just as John Smith invented a legendary set of North American civilizations and his own version of Christianity, Yohanan ben Zakkai was a bit of a fast-talking con man who invented his own version of Judaism.
Modern Israel is not a kingdom, it bears no relationship to the Biblical Israel except in having taken the original name. The original has been gutted and skinned, and people now wear the skin while demanding respect.
Ben Gurion specifically DENIED that Israel should be set up as a religious institution in any respect. He was a full-blown socialist. He DENIED it had any roots in Biblical anything. The Declaration ignores the biblical idea of Israel as immigrants. It ignores anything God-related.
But they weren't tied to the land for 3000 years. That's a myth. Ashkenazi Jews are not Sephardic nor are they Mizrhaic. Until Israel was invented, Ashkenazi hadn't been in Israel since 70 AD.
In fact, a strong argument can be made that Judaism was completely destroyed with the destruction of the Second Temple. The rabbi-synagogue system was a pure invention, built on a theological rationale that had no historical grounding in or connection with Temple Judaism. Rabbinic Judaism's relationship to actual Judaism is something like Mormonism's relationship to Christianity... substantially non-existent. Like Mormonism, rabbinic Judaism is the invention of one man. Just as John Smith invented a legendary set of North American civilizations and his own version of Christianity, Yohanan ben Zakkai was a bit of a fast-talking con man who invented his own version of Judaism.
Modern Israel is not a kingdom, it bears no relationship to the Biblical Israel except in having taken the original name. The original has been gutted and skinned, and people now wear the skin while demanding respect.
Ben Gurion specifically DENIED that Israel should be set up as a religious institution in any respect. He was a full-blown socialist. He DENIED it had any roots in Biblical anything. The Declaration ignores the biblical idea of Israel as immigrants. It ignores anything God-related.
https://www.thetorah.com/article/israels-declaration-of-independence-and-the-biblical-right-to-the-land