Nadene Goldfoot
Judea and Samaria were the cradle of Jewish civilization and had an unfailing Jewish presence until the 1948 War when the many people living there were killed and about 10,000 survivors were expelled by the Jordanians, who held rule illegally until the 1967 War with Israel. Jordan renamed the two states "West Bank." , being they lay on the west side of the Jordan River.
The Kingdom of Judah, renamed Judea by the Romans, had existed in 933 BCE when Eretz Yisrael was divided after King Solomon had died. It was the southerly of the two. The tribe of Judah and parts of Benjamin and Simeon lived there. It was the poor and less important Kingdom with no access to the sea. It did contain Jerusalem and the Temple, however and was able to keep Mosaic monotheism in a pure form. Solomon's son, Rehoboam took over as King of Judah. Samaria had been the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, founded in 880 BCE by King Omri. He was king of Israel from 887 to 876 BCE. Omri had been Elah's general and directed the operations against the Philistine city of Gibbethon. He was the founder of a dynasty.
The British actually were the last legal sovereign authority for Judea and Samaria. Jordan and had illegally held them as well as Egypt illegally holding Gaza Strip between 1948 and 1967. They remain unallocated portions of the British Mandate since no government formally replaced the Mandate's jurisdiction. It's guidelines called for Jews to settle the area. That's what they did from 1967 on.
Arabs wanted to hold onto these lands to attack Israel. They kept launching attacks against Israel from the "Territories'" strategic locations. UN Resolution 242 had planned for bilateral negotiations that would give Israel more secure borders and lead to greater regional stability. When Israel pulled out of Gaza for the sake of making peace, the Arabs used it as a closer place to shoot their rockets, missiles and mortars into southern Israel.
Until 1988, the PLO continued to call for a Palestinian state to REPLACE Israel, not for a a separate state that would exist alongside it. They still will not recognize Israel and the Muslim Brotherhood continues to push with their goal of replacement, not peace and coexistence.
80% of the Israeli settlers in Judea and Samaria live in communities close to the Green Line, which are suburbs of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The Jews have a right to settle the land. It is a legal right assured by treaty and specifically protected by Article 80 of the U.N. Charter...."the Jewish right of settlement in the area is equivalent in every way to the right of the existing Palestinian population to live there" says Eugene Rostow, former U.S. Under Secretary of State, 1990.
Israelis had built communities after 1967 in undeveloped, uninhabited areas. Arabs have legitimate claims to ownership over some of the land. Many are longtime inhabitants who felt they have no political rights and self-determination. Israel disputes their territorial claims and also has even stronger claims to the land.
Israel was forced to continue having a presence in Gaza and the West Bank from 1967 to 1993 because no Palestinian leader stepped up as a peace partner. Blame International law and custom that required Israel to be the administrators. They're just obeying the laws. . From 1993 to 2007 Israel gradually ended the "Occupation." by turning civilian administration over to the newly created Palestininan Authority (PA) in 1994.
Did anyone complain when the Jordanians expelled our 10,000 Jews who were living there? Why is it that the Jews get the short end of every stick?
Resource: Israel 101 from StandWithUs
The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia
Judea and Samaria were the cradle of Jewish civilization and had an unfailing Jewish presence until the 1948 War when the many people living there were killed and about 10,000 survivors were expelled by the Jordanians, who held rule illegally until the 1967 War with Israel. Jordan renamed the two states "West Bank." , being they lay on the west side of the Jordan River.
The Kingdom of Judah, renamed Judea by the Romans, had existed in 933 BCE when Eretz Yisrael was divided after King Solomon had died. It was the southerly of the two. The tribe of Judah and parts of Benjamin and Simeon lived there. It was the poor and less important Kingdom with no access to the sea. It did contain Jerusalem and the Temple, however and was able to keep Mosaic monotheism in a pure form. Solomon's son, Rehoboam took over as King of Judah. Samaria had been the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, founded in 880 BCE by King Omri. He was king of Israel from 887 to 876 BCE. Omri had been Elah's general and directed the operations against the Philistine city of Gibbethon. He was the founder of a dynasty.
The British actually were the last legal sovereign authority for Judea and Samaria. Jordan and had illegally held them as well as Egypt illegally holding Gaza Strip between 1948 and 1967. They remain unallocated portions of the British Mandate since no government formally replaced the Mandate's jurisdiction. It's guidelines called for Jews to settle the area. That's what they did from 1967 on.
Arabs wanted to hold onto these lands to attack Israel. They kept launching attacks against Israel from the "Territories'" strategic locations. UN Resolution 242 had planned for bilateral negotiations that would give Israel more secure borders and lead to greater regional stability. When Israel pulled out of Gaza for the sake of making peace, the Arabs used it as a closer place to shoot their rockets, missiles and mortars into southern Israel.
Until 1988, the PLO continued to call for a Palestinian state to REPLACE Israel, not for a a separate state that would exist alongside it. They still will not recognize Israel and the Muslim Brotherhood continues to push with their goal of replacement, not peace and coexistence.
80% of the Israeli settlers in Judea and Samaria live in communities close to the Green Line, which are suburbs of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The Jews have a right to settle the land. It is a legal right assured by treaty and specifically protected by Article 80 of the U.N. Charter...."the Jewish right of settlement in the area is equivalent in every way to the right of the existing Palestinian population to live there" says Eugene Rostow, former U.S. Under Secretary of State, 1990.
Israelis had built communities after 1967 in undeveloped, uninhabited areas. Arabs have legitimate claims to ownership over some of the land. Many are longtime inhabitants who felt they have no political rights and self-determination. Israel disputes their territorial claims and also has even stronger claims to the land.
Israel was forced to continue having a presence in Gaza and the West Bank from 1967 to 1993 because no Palestinian leader stepped up as a peace partner. Blame International law and custom that required Israel to be the administrators. They're just obeying the laws. . From 1993 to 2007 Israel gradually ended the "Occupation." by turning civilian administration over to the newly created Palestininan Authority (PA) in 1994.
Did anyone complain when the Jordanians expelled our 10,000 Jews who were living there? Why is it that the Jews get the short end of every stick?
Resource: Israel 101 from StandWithUs
The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia
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