Claim: 'The Quran never names a state called Israel'
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
No state, right: it speaks of Bani Isra'il, a people. But it ties that people to the land: 5:21, Moses says enter 'the holy land' (al-ard al-muqaddasa) God assigned them; 17:104, 'Dwell in the land'.
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