Judea and Samaria

Judea and Samaria

Who Owns the “West Bank”?

- Posted in Judea and Samaria
The ancient lands of Judea and Samaria, east of Jerusalem, have been part of the Jewish homeland for 3,000 years. Today Arabs demand all of it. Judea and Samaria, the land where Jewish ancestors Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rachel, David and Solomon created Biblical history, was renamed the “West   read more ...

Why Israeli Rule in the 'West Bank' Is Legal under International Law

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Summary ... In international law, a people has the right to self-determination, but that does not mean an independent state. An interview with Professor Eugene Kontorovich by Sarah Haetzni-Cohen (A version of this interview first appeared in Hebrew in Makor Rishon on March 23, 2018.) [The use here   read more ...

Dispelling the myth of "Jews-only roads" in the 'West Bank'

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[The use here of the word "Palestinian(s)" are the author's choice. There are no such people as the "Palestinians".] An op-ed by Hanan Ashrawi headlined 'Ireland can make history by backing human rights in Palestine in Seanad tomorrow', included the claim that, in Israeli settlements in the West   read more ...

There Is No Israeli 'Occupation': It’s Not Arab Land and 98 Percent of Palestinian-Arabs Live Under Arab Rule

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Summary ... Ambassador Friedman merely spoke the truth when he used the term 'alleged occupation'. Simply put, there is no Israeli 'occupation' in Judea/Samaria/Jerusalem. The U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, recently made headlines for using the term “alleged occupation” during an   read more ...

The West Bank of What?

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Do you know? Have you stopped to think? When did this area start being called "the West Bank" and by whom? The term "West Bank" is used so widely that one might get the impression that it has some real historical significance. Those who rally together, calling for Israel to pull out of this area   read more ...

Are Israeli Settlements in the 'West Bank' Really Illegal?

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Summary ... As far as most of the world goes, the legality of the communities in Judea and Samaria has been determined, in secret, by the International Committee of the Red Cross, an international relief organization. It is not a judicial body, yet, in the case of Israel, the majority of the world   read more ...

The Myth of 'Occupied' Territories

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Summary ... To truly determine the legal status of the area known as YESHA (Judea, Samaria and Gaza), it is important to understand the different types of UN resolutions. Once this is understood, it becomes clear there is no such thing as the Israeli-occupied territories. (If anything, they are   read more ...