promised 3,000 years ago

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1. •
   (Internet, offensive) Mocking the claim that Israel was promised to the Jews by God 3,000 years ago; used to imply that Israelis, or Jews, feel entitled to commit theft or other criminal and immoral acts.

   • Among the circulating comments, one user wrote, “I admire what kind of patience it took for Moses guiding these people,” while another remarked, “Was cleanliness not promised 3,000 years ago too???” — 2026
2. •
   (Internet, humorous) Used to connect something to Jewish people, often as an ironic reappropriation of sense 1 by Jews themselves.

   • Glad to see Israel has the capital it was promised 3000 years ago. — 2018