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Avi Lipkin: "From the Mediterranean to the Euphrates"
From the Nile to the Euphrates: Israeli rabbis, politicians and settlers describing the maximal map in their own words.
Israeli writer Avi Lipkin: Israel’s borders will extend ‘from Lebanon to Saudi Arabia’ · Middle East Eye · uploaded 2024-01-12 · 29
Original: youtube.com/watch?v=WERJ_xXhaeQ · IPFS Qme2xLXLZp5revvaVTq3j9z6jLppebLQ8oMusojRFSEesv
What this video is evidence for
The phrase "from the Nile to the Euphrates" comes from the land promise to Abraham in Genesis 15:18. In the maximal "Greater Israel" reading, that promise is a map of borders for the modern state. It is voiced openly by Israeli rabbis, settler leaders and public figures.
In this 29-second clip from an Israeli TV interview (published by Middle East Eye, January 2024), Israeli writer and commentator Avi Lipkin says it plainly:
"Eventually, our borders will extend from Lebanon, the Great Desert, which is Saudi Arabia, and then from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates... And then we're going to take, I believe, we're going to take Mecca, Medina and Mount Sinai and purify those places."
The clip shows the map described in the maximalist camp's own words. Compare this map with the lists of target countries on the other pages: Iraq sits on the Euphrates, and Iran lies just beyond it.
Where this fits: see Greater Israel for the full explanation and sources.
Transcript
Machine transcription (apple-speechanalyzer) of the full 00:00:29. It can mishear names and words, so check exact wording against the video before quoting it.
Eventually, our borders will extend from Lebanon, the Great Desert, which is Saudi Arabia, and then from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates. And who's on the other side of the Euphrates, the Kurds, and the Kurds are our friends. So we have the Mediterranean behind us, the Kurds in front of us, Lebanon, which really needs the umbrella of protection of Israel. And then we're going to take, I believe, we're going to take Mecca Medina and Mount Sinai and purify those places.
Last Updated: 2026-09-27