(Worthy Insights) – Republican controlled states agreed to advance a law compelling the use of the term “Judea and Samaria” to replace the “West Bank” in official documents after Arkansas legislated such a bill last month.
The initiative was advanced by a West Bank settlement regional council leader Yossi Dagan as part of a move to convince U.S. President Donald Trump to support Israeli annexation of the area.
Utah, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Idaho, Iowa and Oklahoma were considering the bill that would include declaring the West Bank as the biblical cradle of the Jewish people and the therefore it could not be considered occupied territory. [ Source (Read More…) ]
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