Editing Shleimus Ha'aretz (section)

== Explanation to the World ==
The Rebbe explained that the only argument that will be accepted in the world regarding the Jewish people's ownership of the land is quoting Rashi's commentary on the Torah on the verse "In the beginning God created heaven and earth":

Rabbi Yitzchak said: The Torah should have begun from "This month shall be to you," which is the first commandment given to Israel. Why did it begin with "In the beginning"? Because of [the verse] "The power of His works He declared to His people, to give them the inheritance of nations." Should the nations of the world say to Israel "You are robbers, for you conquered the lands of the seven nations," they [Israel] can reply "The entire earth belongs to the Holy One, Blessed be He; He created it and gave it to whomever He deemed proper in His eyes. By His will He gave it to them, and by His will He took it from them and gave it to us."

Rashi explains that the reason the Torah tells the story of creation and doesn't begin with the commandments is so that when the time comes and a nation says that the Jewish people stole their land, Israel will have a ready answer - that Hashem created the world and He manages it with His power, and He gave the land to the seven nations and later gave it to us as an eternal possession, and therefore the Jewish people only liberated their land and did not steal it.

Over the years, this verse has been used several times but only in closed conversations or speeches within Israel and not at the UN or in speeches to the world.