היחמור הציוני (The Zionist Ass)

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Article

Publication Date

1-1-2024

Abstract

Although they remain controversial for a variety of reasons, including their high death toll for the animals themselves, reintroductions have been gaining prominence in conservation efforts across the globe for their potential to proactively counter heightened rates of extinction. In addition to their ecological goals, in Palestine-Israel conservation-focused reintroductions have been infused with biblical significance. Symbolizing the Jewish return to the Holy Land, animals associated with the Bible, such as the Asian wild ass and the Persian fallow deer, have been granted biopolitical priority. In the land of the Bible, the Judeo-Christian narrative of environmental restoration as a return to Eden has become official government policy.

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Hazman Hazeh (These Times)

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