A lot of the USA is based on the Magna Carta and Simon De Montfort (Provisions of Oxford) and John Locke and the two-tiered parliament system of England. Pluss a lot of the Bill of Right is based on issues that England had to deal with and resolve that were incorporated in the Bill of Rights. and I might mention that they never wanted to separate from England until the King refused intervene in favor of the colonies. The main grievance was toward Parliament. Besides that, there has to be a basic DNA structure in people for them to be able to accept such a system. Unless you have Anglo-Saxon DNA it is doubtful how well this system could work elsewhere. There is something in the Anglo saxon DNA which takes the written law as absolute and binding. While in the ussr, the only reason the ridiculous system worked at all was the tendency to ignore the written rule and just strive toward what worked

Abraham Isaac and Jacob were promised the land of Canaan

When Abraham Isaac and Jacob were promised the land of Canaan that actual name does not come up much. They were after all spending time in the land of the Philistines –mainly in Gerar which I think is drop above Netivot. But I might be wrong and in might be right at Netivot. But you also get a promise to Jacob that all these lands which you have been dwelling in will be an everlasting inheritance to your decedents. But interestingly enough the covenant between the Parts where Abraham was promised the ten nations, the philistines were not included. The main reason that the land of the philistines is included in Israel I that it is within the borders defined in Numbers 34. That area however was never conquered by Irael. The Philistines in fact were never conquered until Rome sent Scipio Africanus to finish them off at Carthage. (The Philistines were part of the same nation with the capitol at Carthage)

the land of the Philistines is Gaza

Before you get to the song on the Red sea the Book of Exodus explains that the reason God did not take Israel directly through the land of the Philistines is because there was a worry that Irael might see war and decide to return to Egypt. The reason I believe is that in fact, the Philistines were so powerful that as far za I know, they were never conquered until Rome took them out in the last of the Punic Wars. [Rashi says that the Canaanites were weak, and that is why they had to have strong fortified walled cities. But the Phlistines were strong.] The reason I say this is that if you look in the Book of Numbers chapter 34 you will see where the people of Israel were commanded to conquer. That is where the borders of Israel were defined. The southern border goes from the salt sea until kadesh barnea and from there to the stream of Egypt and then towards the Mediterranean Sea. All that land is south of the Philistines. And in fact, in the covenant between the pieces of Abraham the patriarch there was a promise to give to his descendants all the land from the Euphrates until the river of Egypt the Nile. {That is not the same as the stream of Egypt which is right below Gaza. so, this land was promised that in the end of days this would be part of Israel. But even in the time of Joshua, that land was never conquered. Even when the tribes dived up the land, they never divided the land of the Philistines since they had not yet conquered it. Which raises the question if Israel ever takes over Gaza completely, then to which tribe would it belong? I asked this in the Litvack beit midrash study hall in my area, and someone suggested it would belong to Trump in order to build Trump Tower. At any rate, King David and King Solomon never conquered this area. [the tribe of Judah conquered that area in the time f the judges. see the book of Judges chapter 1.] Scipio Africanus (Rome) destroyed the entire nation of the Philistines [Phoenicians]in the last Punic war. [Philistines were all along the coast from the south of Israel until Carthage. Carthage was the capital city. Philistines were in general pirates. While Rome tried to do business in the Mediterranean Sea, and the Philistines kept getting in the way until war after war occurred. Rome was almost destroyed. Then Scipio Africanus decided to take the fight directly to the home base of the Philistines, Carthage. And that was that.] It occurred to me that even the patriarchs had trouble in Gaza. Abraham lived there many years until he had much trouble until left that land to go live in the land of Canaan in Beer sheva. Isaac I think I recall wanted to go live there until he was told by God to stay in the land of Canaan. The only reason this land is part of Israel is because it is within the borders that were defined by God to conquer even though Joshua and David and Solomon never in fact got around to finishing the business. I also think that Sidon (Zidon in Hebrew ) was originally a Canaanite city, but that at some point it was taken by the Phoenicians. [The Phoenician were not Canaanites]. Zidon [Sidon was the name of the first born of Canaan as it says in Genisis] I might mention that there were Canaanite that were outside the borders of the land designated by God for the children of Israel-as we see with sichon the king of the emori who ruled in the area beyond the Jordan river. Also the land of the plishtim was included, yet they were not Canaanites

i think it might make sense to mention that I had a really wonderful time in shar Yashuv and the Mir in NY. {I had however to leave on sour notes. The Rosh Yeshiva I think had noticed my wild side and so the shidduch with his daughter Penina was called off. In the meantime, my future wife Lea Finn was actively pursuing me and happily I gave in to her request of marriage. I think without her active pursuit of me and her never giving up, is the only reason that I have any children at all.} But at some point, I decided to come to Israel, and even then I could have continued in the kollel system but I was somewhat restless and had discovered Rav Nachman’s advice about talking with God as one talks with a friend and so when I got to Safed I spent most of my day in that sort of activity and neglected learning Torah except when I got home at night and my wonderful wife make dinner with spaghetti or other dishes and after the meal would sit at the table and do about one daf page gemara and one page of the major works of Rav Nahman. But I was not doing what you would call in depth learning iyun. and I really was not able to do iyun either. In spite of my years in three great yeshivot I never caught on to what it means to “learn in depth.” [I think you need talent for that, and IQ also.] It was only when I got to Uman many years later, and David Bronson accepted me a a learning partner that I lowly began to understand what it means to learn in depth. Hi path I might mention was close to shar Yashuv. The hedgehog model- close to the ground. The Mir in NY was closer to the Eagle model of looking at all of shas from a global perspective from there to the subject at hand. I agree that both paths are important. In fact, I have tried to continue in the way David showed me of electron micro-scoping tosphot but at the same time looking at rav shach. The Rav shach approach is continuation of the Brisk approach

ממה שאני זוכר במעורפל אני חושב שהשלחן ערוך אומר שאם מי שהוא מדליק אש בחצר שלו וזה גורם שם נזק לרכוש של שכנו שגר באותה חצר, אז הוא אחראי הן לנזק שנגרם לגלוי וטמון. אבל אם יש קיר והאש קפצה מעליו, האחריות היא רק לנזק באמצעות רכושות היינו רק לגלוי. בחצר האחריות תהיה גם על דברים פתוחים וגם על דברים נסתרים, אבל מחוץ לחצר, רק על דברים פתוחים. אבל זה לא יהיה כמו הגמרא ששם רבא אומר אם יש קיר אז אין אחריות לנזק מחוץ לכותל (אפילו גלוי) שכן זה לא היה רשלנות

I am not sure and I have not been by the Litvacks for a few days, so I have not looked at the Gemara on pg 23 in Bava Kama nor the Tosphot nor the Shulchan Aruch where the Gra bring his idea. But from what I vaguely recall i think the Shulchan Aruch says that if one lights a fire in his own courtyard and it caused damage there to his neighbor’s property who live in the same courtyard, then he is liable both for his arrows and his property but if there a wall and the fire jumped over it then the liability IS only for damage by mean of hi property. On the courtyard the liability would be for both open and hidden thing but outside the courtyard only for open thing. But this would not be like the gemara where Rava says if there is a wall then there is no liability for damage outside the wall since it was not negligence,---------------------------I am not sure and I have not been by the Litvacks for a few days, so I have not looked at the גמרא on pg. כ''ג in בבא קמא nor the תוספות nor the שלחן ערוך where the גר''א bring his idea. But from what I vaguely recall I think the שלחן ערוך says that if one lights a fire in his own courtyard and it caused damage there to his neighbor’s property who lives in the same courtyard, then he is liable both for damage caused by his arrows and caused by his property. But if there a wall and the fire jumped over it, then the liability IS only for damage by means of his property. In the courtyard the liability would be for both open and hidden things, but outside the courtyard, only for open things. But this would not be like the גמרא where רבא says if there is a wall then there is no liability for damage outside the wall since it was not negligence

Frankly I have no more patience with Islam, even though certainly there are individual Muslims who are decent people. But in terms of Hamas and Iran, I have no more patience. a far as I am concerned the right of Israel of self defense against these barbarians takes precedence [However, most spiritual phenomenon Is, I believe, due to the infinite human capacity to believe in anything; like the queen in Alice in Wonderland said, “I can believe in six impossible things before breakfast.” Do not expect human to behave rationally. Rather take the advice of Alexander of Macedon –to do no what need to be done now and not delay. Get rid of Iran’ nuclear facilities now.