The pasuk says (18:28) "Don't let the land remove you in your impurity, like it removed the people before you." The idea that the land of Eretz Yisrael can detect impurity clearly shows the difference between it and every other place in the world. Although the land may look the same as everywhere else in the world, Eretz Yisrael is like nowhere else in the world. Chazal tell us that as opposed to every other place in the world is controlled by a mazal, Eretz Yisrael is above mazalot.
The last Ramban in Bo tells us that a person does not have a part of the Torah of Moshe unless one believes that the world is completely run based on how many mitzvot and avairot that one does. This is only completely true if someone is in Eretz Yisrael.
There is a famous Rav Sheinberg story. When he still lived in America Rav Sheinberg would pass by someone dressed inappropriately and think "what am I doing here?" When he moved to Eretz Yisrael and walked down the streets and passed by someone dressed inappropriately we would think "what are they doing here?" Eretz Yisrael is our land, it is meant for the Jews to come to, and do mitzvot in.
If someone thinks that they can disconnect the two, either do mitzvot and be separate from Eretz Yisrael, or live in the land but keep none of the mitzvot then he/she is missing the whole point.
If we become impure the land may just spit us out.
May we all be zoche to be in the land and fulfill all of the mitzvot!
Have a great Shabbat!
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