If you don’t understand why Israel is so important to the Jewish people, think of it in the spiritual meaning of the word Taro. There is a Divine connection between the people and the land. It provides abundance and fertility. Only that can explain how the Jews returning to a desert, a baron land not cultivated by the nomads, has turned into a fertile, agricultural place blooming with everything the people need. That connection between G-d giving the land to the tribes leaving Egypt and the Jewish people today is still a deeply spiritual connection. Ask any Jew who has visited Israel and they will tell you it felt different the minute they stepped of the plane. A knowing about the land beyond its geographic existence.