Annexation is the right of the winning side in a war, Israel has won all its wars started by the militant extremist Arabs who aligned with Hitler in 1936 and have remained consistently engaged in destroying Israel and killing all Jews. Only antisemitism prevents Israel from establishing the same secure border that every victor has done before.
Not only should Israel exercise its rightful sovereignty over the “West Bank”, it should also do so with Gaza. As further justification for this (although none is needed), the worldwide resurgence of anti-Semitism since Oct. 7 has caused Jews everywhere to be sidelined, denigrated, boycotted, and physically assaulted, resulting in their being unsafe not only in their home countries, but everywhere. Many have emigrated to Israel since 10/7, and many more will have to do so in light of this open hostility against them. As such, Israel needs the additional land in order to accommodate all of these Jews who are escaping the very hatred which has been fomented by Muslims and their invention: the “Palestinians”, as well as European countries. If the world chooses to be so openly hostile to Israel and the Jews, Israel needs to take the bull by the horns and exercise it’s right to these territories, which it won fair and square in several defensive wars in which many Israeli lives were lost fighting for their very survival. Enough is enough! Whatever Israel does, the world will criticize them. They need to do what’s best for them and the Jewish people.
The new improved Benny Morris said Israel's mistake was not the total removal of Arabs during the war of Independence. The other mistake was atheist Moshe Dayan rewarding apartheid control of Temple Mount to the racist Islamic Waqf. We could have Jews worshipping freely there as at Western Wall if not for that blunder.
"Annexation would also create opportunities for integration. Palestinians who renounce terror and accept Jewish sovereignty could be offered residency or even citizenship, opening the door to economic growth and stability that their corrupt leaders have denied them for decades. Israeli governance could bring jobs, infrastructure, and security to communities long exploited by their own elites." On those conditions, annexation would be a blessing for all inhabitants of the Westbank - the lawlessness of the present situation is a breeding ground for extremism.
With one caveat - that those Gazan Arabs who renounce terror, must do so unconditionally and irrefutably; no more hudnas, no more taqiya or kitman. If they refuse, or return to terrorism at a later time, expel them, as permanently persona-non-grata!
I disliked that part intensely, as it imagines 'Slimes as good and decent people. I had Kuwaiti room mates in school, and I know that to be a delusion. Their corrupt leaders only serve the author of Islam, Ha Satan.
Did you ever bother to read the filth they call holy? Did you know that pork really is filth, but Jews are only forbidden seafood because they are evil and don't deserve tasty Sea Cockroaches?
"O You who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians to be your friends. They are friends of each other and who among you who takes them to be your friend is one of them. Surely Allah does not guide the unjust".
Barring their sincere repudiation of Koran and it's author, I hope no 'Slime is ever allowed even entry to visit, let alone to reside.
Noted the picture of King Hussein flying a helicopter and what is forgotten, purposely, is that the so-called "Palestinians", which name was a concoction of Yasir "that's my baby" Arafat (real name Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa), were run out of Jordan by the Jordanian army in 1970 because these killers wanted to overthrow the Hashemite kingdom hence the later Black September Movement which killed the Israeli athletes in Munich in 1972. Hamas will NEVER give up their stated desire to slaughter every Israeli so if Israel needs to annex the West Bank for security from these killers then so be it.
But in regard to the post by the reformed Musllim a few days ago, I was very disappointed in that, with all the discussion of alleged right to Israel by Fakestinians, the impression falsely given is that they really were indigenous, which is false, and even more disappointing is the avoidance of Sura 5, which makes clear to any and every Muslim that they have absolutely no claim now or ever to Israel, because it belongs eternally to the Jews, because God gave it to them.
To my perception, the article obscured more than it revealed and I would have said so at the time, but I am very short on time for the present.
Thanks again for this great resource, I hope to be more active in participating soon.
Now I have read it, and the facts outlined are the reason I steadfastly refuse to use the term Palestinian, as it confers undeserved legitimacy to the false claims of the Fakestinians. In support of the facts outlined in the article I point out that the Jew Haters insist there was an imaginary thriving Fakestinian culture in the land of Israel, pre Zionism.
Encyclopedia Britannica was published in the pre Zionist era, and wrote extensively about "Palestine", noting three major massacres of Jews, in cross border raids from Egypt, leaving a remnant of six thousand Jews, combined with a population of 9 thousand Bedouin, who call anywhere and nowhere "home", being a nomadic culture.
Also in the pre Zionist era, Mark Twain wrote an extensive travelogue of Israel, in which Twain, a dedicated atheist and Jew Hater, expressed shock and dismay at how precisely the land conformed to prophesy, and agreed with the Britannica in describing the land as a barren, desolate wilderness, so very thinly populated that Twain travelled days at a time without seeing a single human soul of any ethnicity.
As to the alleged sufferings of the Fakestinian people, God's viewpoint is explicitly given in Zephaniah 2 and I recommend printing it out and sharing it wherever possible, to counteract the endless propaganda on television.
Finally, I think it becomes clear, with the recent Security Conference of Russia, India and China, and the various European Nations threatening recognition of a Fakestinian state, that we are rushing headlong toward "Armegeddon" as detailed in Tanakh Joel 4, Bible Joel 3.
As such, I again call for Synagogues world wide to institute Krav Maga classes prior to Hebrew School, because things are likely to get much hotter very soon, and they are hot enough as it is.
There is nothing but upside in this, as everyone knows kids study better after burning off youthful energy in physical education. Better they should be capable of defending themselves than playing pointless games.
Zephaniah 2, thank you. I’ve been referring to that so often I’m embarrassing myself — our own prophet wrote that thousands of years ago and it’s coming true before our eyes. When are we going to hear? Shema!
Just want to pint out that Mark Twain was the pseudonym of Samuel Longhorn Clemens. But I agree wholeheartedly with your response. I will print out Zephaniah 2, along with Joel 3 for distribution.
Yes, I think the Travelogue is credited to Clemens actually, and I usually include both, but I am at school and my fingers are near frostbitten as the A/C is crazy frigid.
👏👏👏 Well said, Joshua well said! I’d go a step further and say Israel should annex the West Bank AND Gaza! But to stick with the West Bank also known as Judea and Samaria, it is the Jewish heartland where Jews lived for three millennia to one degree or another. Jews have a right to live in Bethlehem, Hebron, Shiloh, and places like that. Settlers should continue to build Jewish settlements and continue to expand them provided they are not built on private Palestinian land. Prime Minister Netanyahu should appoint a Governor-General to run Judea and Samaria who would be accountable to the PM and his cabinet. The Knesset would have to approve whomever the PM chooses. They individual should also go through an extensive background check.
All Palestinians living in Judea and Samaria will be granted Israeli citizenship, voting rights and representation in the Knesset except those with criminal records or terrorist sympathies. Palestinian women and LGBTQ+ people should be allowed to live openly and empowered. Any Palestinians who wish to will be allowed to attend Israeli universities if they have the grades. Israel should develop Judea and Samaria and build luxury neighborhoods and skyscrapers where Palestinians and Israelis depending on where were talking, can live. West Bank Palestinians who can pass a background check and are of good character should be allowed to work in Israel itself and should be paid equal wages with Israelis. Palestinians should be granted complete freedom of speech as long as their conduct is not violent or related to Jihadism.
The Palestinian Authority will be removed from power, kicked out of the country and sent into exile in whatever Arab country would be willing to take them. Israel will start government programs to help poor and unemployed Palestinians and daycare programs for Palestinian mothers. There will be a huge campaign where the IDF, Security Services and Border Patrol with the assistance of any Palestinians who’d like to volunteer, to root out and destroy Hamas and other Jihadist groups. They should be assisted in this endeavor by any friendly Arab countries and the Kurds. Israel will also conduct operations via the Shin Bet and Mossad to combat Jewish extremism and drive all Jewish settler terrorists out of Judea and Samaria. Illegal Jewish settlements will be torn down. Private Palestinian land will be guarded by the IDF and Security Services.
As to Gaza, I believe Israel should also annex Gaza. Israel should control all the land between the river and the sea. There should be no-I repeat-no attempt by the government or anyone else to transfer the Palestinians. They should be allowed to remain. Any Gazans who wish to resettle by choice should be allowed to do so. I would propose resettling them in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, or the Gulf States. As to the two-state solution, for the time being it’s dead and can’t be revived. No use trying to wish into existence. The Oslo framework is as dead as a doornail and should be scrapped. As to Belgium, shame on the Belgian government! But I’m sure the vast majority of Belgians don’t agree with their decision. The governing coalition in Brussels is just doing it in a last gasp attempt to save their careers. I believe Israel should also reoccupy Southern Lebanon and with the permission of the Egyptian government, set up a buffer zone in the Sinai.
From a moral and rational standpoint everything you say is true. But it is not going to happen. There is no consensus for it in Israel and the world simply won't stand for transfer of Palestinians against their will and Israeli annexation. Its a sad and unfair situation but Israel has to figure out a way to disengage from them while assuring their murderous hate doesn't lead to more Israeli deaths. But annexation is not the answer though by moral right it should be.
The world does not have arms long enough to box with God, and if they did, they already would have. This is that day and that time when God has restored the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, Bennet the Biden is gone, Biden is gone and The Donald is back.
There is no time like the present, that's why it is called the present.
Learn to trust God, and keep his commandments. Thats all we need for all we need done.
I trust in reason and logic. And reason tells me to be grateful Israel has been given an opportunity by Trump to win the war and change rhe paradigm and not push too far.
Consider all the wars since 1948. 1956, was it logical that Israel won flying WWII Surplus junk? How about 1967, surrounded by Arab armies, controlling vast wealth, was Israel's victory logical?
I suggest Israel, modern or ancient, never won a war.
God was apparently on holiday during the several Jewish revolts, asleep for 2000 years and woke up just in time to let a bunch of socialists redeem his people. Mysterious ways indeed….
Isreal DID disengage from them - in 2005! We can all see where that led: 7th October 2023.
There is absolutely no point in trying to moralise with any group which is hell-bent on violent mass-murder/genocide. Gaza and PA can have one, and only one, choice - surrender and renounce violence, or LEAVE - PERMANENTLY!
Annexing the area is easy. Moving the arabs out is not so easy because of their numbers and international pressure. However the aim should be to relocate the arabs to some other arab country. If we consistently keep this aim in mind it will be done.
The time to have done it was right after the 6 day war. There were fewer arabs and public opinion was on the side of Israel.
It will be done and Iran regime will happen. That opens up a golden age for Israel and the world wide Jewish community. Israel will be a leading nation in the world.
Our only danger is the importation of mentally ill ideas from the West.
Allow me to sound pedantic for a moment, but, imagine:
Judea for the Jews, the former Judeans, the people whose name is taken from Judea, in the Land of Israel.
What a concept.
To Christians, Judea is where Jesus died. Scholars of all stripes ignore that Judea was located in the Land of Israel during that time, until the year 135AD, when Adrian renamed it Palestina out of spite. Scholars overwhelmingly call the land where Jesus lived Palestine, though he died around 30AD, 100 years before the name Palestina was assigned to Israel.
Since the Romans paraded " Judaea Capta" in Titus' Arch almost 2,000 years ago, Judea never changed its name, even as the " West Bank" nomination was invented precisely to obscure Judea's-and Samaria's - Israelite origin.
Had the Arab Palestinians accepted the 1947 partition, perhaps Judea would have remained under Arab occupation forever, as it had been under Jordan from 1948 to 1967.
No one in the world seemed bothered by Muslim Arabs claiming to be the owners of Judea. Would that make them Judeans, or .....Jews?
Such has been the charade and identity usurpation perpetrated against the Jewish People by Muslims since the 7th century.
Yes indeed,but it is also important to realize Judea is not Israel, the split occurred long ago, and the two sticks prophecy remains unfulfilled, for a while longer.
On the contrary. It is Israel, the Kingdom of Israel, the 10 tribes, conquered by the Assyrians in 722BC that disappeared. Judea remained, even after the Babylonian exile, Judea Capta is what the Romans bragged about. Judeans became Jews, and Jews live. And still, they never forgot - how could they- that they were also Israel. No one else was. And today, we return to the State of Israel the Ethiopians, Indian Jews and other diasporas. " Long time ago" also covers the malicious travesty of the Romans re-naming the Land of Israel, Judea, the Galilee, Samaria, the Negev, all of it, "Palestina", for the Philistines who had disappeared also " long time ago". Time and History are not the same.
"Sovereignty is not something to be begged for; it is something exercised." It is also something to be earned and the so-called "Palestinians" have earned nothing. They have become the eternal welfare state of the world community whose largesse makes their leaders rich and keeps them in perpetual misery. May as well blame the Jews which is the purpose of all the largesse in the first place. When you start a war and then lose a war, losing territory is one of the negative consequences. Just ask Germany about Alsace-Lorraine and East Prussia. Ask Japan about the Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands. When Israel prevails in this conflict, annexation of the entirety of Judea and Samaria will not surprise me. And when that happens, I will applaud.
Annexation is the right of the winning side in a war, Israel has won all its wars started by the militant extremist Arabs who aligned with Hitler in 1936 and have remained consistently engaged in destroying Israel and killing all Jews. Only antisemitism prevents Israel from establishing the same secure border that every victor has done before.
Not only should Israel exercise its rightful sovereignty over the “West Bank”, it should also do so with Gaza. As further justification for this (although none is needed), the worldwide resurgence of anti-Semitism since Oct. 7 has caused Jews everywhere to be sidelined, denigrated, boycotted, and physically assaulted, resulting in their being unsafe not only in their home countries, but everywhere. Many have emigrated to Israel since 10/7, and many more will have to do so in light of this open hostility against them. As such, Israel needs the additional land in order to accommodate all of these Jews who are escaping the very hatred which has been fomented by Muslims and their invention: the “Palestinians”, as well as European countries. If the world chooses to be so openly hostile to Israel and the Jews, Israel needs to take the bull by the horns and exercise it’s right to these territories, which it won fair and square in several defensive wars in which many Israeli lives were lost fighting for their very survival. Enough is enough! Whatever Israel does, the world will criticize them. They need to do what’s best for them and the Jewish people.
Israel’s mistake was not annexing the West Bank and Gaza immediately after the 1967 war.
The new improved Benny Morris said Israel's mistake was not the total removal of Arabs during the war of Independence. The other mistake was atheist Moshe Dayan rewarding apartheid control of Temple Mount to the racist Islamic Waqf. We could have Jews worshipping freely there as at Western Wall if not for that blunder.
Yay for truth and sense.
Amen
Thanks for that. Regarding Zephaniah, it was brought to my attention by you in the first place, so I thank you for that one too!
"Annexation would also create opportunities for integration. Palestinians who renounce terror and accept Jewish sovereignty could be offered residency or even citizenship, opening the door to economic growth and stability that their corrupt leaders have denied them for decades. Israeli governance could bring jobs, infrastructure, and security to communities long exploited by their own elites." On those conditions, annexation would be a blessing for all inhabitants of the Westbank - the lawlessness of the present situation is a breeding ground for extremism.
With one caveat - that those Gazan Arabs who renounce terror, must do so unconditionally and irrefutably; no more hudnas, no more taqiya or kitman. If they refuse, or return to terrorism at a later time, expel them, as permanently persona-non-grata!
No More Islime Period.That filthy book even includes in print a denial of its author, "El Shaitan".
I disliked that part intensely, as it imagines 'Slimes as good and decent people. I had Kuwaiti room mates in school, and I know that to be a delusion. Their corrupt leaders only serve the author of Islam, Ha Satan.
Did you ever bother to read the filth they call holy? Did you know that pork really is filth, but Jews are only forbidden seafood because they are evil and don't deserve tasty Sea Cockroaches?
"O You who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians to be your friends. They are friends of each other and who among you who takes them to be your friend is one of them. Surely Allah does not guide the unjust".
Barring their sincere repudiation of Koran and it's author, I hope no 'Slime is ever allowed even entry to visit, let alone to reside.
Noted the picture of King Hussein flying a helicopter and what is forgotten, purposely, is that the so-called "Palestinians", which name was a concoction of Yasir "that's my baby" Arafat (real name Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa), were run out of Jordan by the Jordanian army in 1970 because these killers wanted to overthrow the Hashemite kingdom hence the later Black September Movement which killed the Israeli athletes in Munich in 1972. Hamas will NEVER give up their stated desire to slaughter every Israeli so if Israel needs to annex the West Bank for security from these killers then so be it.
I am in a hurry, and have not read this post yet.
But in regard to the post by the reformed Musllim a few days ago, I was very disappointed in that, with all the discussion of alleged right to Israel by Fakestinians, the impression falsely given is that they really were indigenous, which is false, and even more disappointing is the avoidance of Sura 5, which makes clear to any and every Muslim that they have absolutely no claim now or ever to Israel, because it belongs eternally to the Jews, because God gave it to them.
To my perception, the article obscured more than it revealed and I would have said so at the time, but I am very short on time for the present.
Thanks again for this great resource, I hope to be more active in participating soon.
Now I have read it, and the facts outlined are the reason I steadfastly refuse to use the term Palestinian, as it confers undeserved legitimacy to the false claims of the Fakestinians. In support of the facts outlined in the article I point out that the Jew Haters insist there was an imaginary thriving Fakestinian culture in the land of Israel, pre Zionism.
Encyclopedia Britannica was published in the pre Zionist era, and wrote extensively about "Palestine", noting three major massacres of Jews, in cross border raids from Egypt, leaving a remnant of six thousand Jews, combined with a population of 9 thousand Bedouin, who call anywhere and nowhere "home", being a nomadic culture.
Also in the pre Zionist era, Mark Twain wrote an extensive travelogue of Israel, in which Twain, a dedicated atheist and Jew Hater, expressed shock and dismay at how precisely the land conformed to prophesy, and agreed with the Britannica in describing the land as a barren, desolate wilderness, so very thinly populated that Twain travelled days at a time without seeing a single human soul of any ethnicity.
As to the alleged sufferings of the Fakestinian people, God's viewpoint is explicitly given in Zephaniah 2 and I recommend printing it out and sharing it wherever possible, to counteract the endless propaganda on television.
Finally, I think it becomes clear, with the recent Security Conference of Russia, India and China, and the various European Nations threatening recognition of a Fakestinian state, that we are rushing headlong toward "Armegeddon" as detailed in Tanakh Joel 4, Bible Joel 3.
As such, I again call for Synagogues world wide to institute Krav Maga classes prior to Hebrew School, because things are likely to get much hotter very soon, and they are hot enough as it is.
There is nothing but upside in this, as everyone knows kids study better after burning off youthful energy in physical education. Better they should be capable of defending themselves than playing pointless games.
Zephaniah 2, thank you. I’ve been referring to that so often I’m embarrassing myself — our own prophet wrote that thousands of years ago and it’s coming true before our eyes. When are we going to hear? Shema!
Just want to pint out that Mark Twain was the pseudonym of Samuel Longhorn Clemens. But I agree wholeheartedly with your response. I will print out Zephaniah 2, along with Joel 3 for distribution.
Yes, I think the Travelogue is credited to Clemens actually, and I usually include both, but I am at school and my fingers are near frostbitten as the A/C is crazy frigid.
Ouch..!
👏👏👏 Well said, Joshua well said! I’d go a step further and say Israel should annex the West Bank AND Gaza! But to stick with the West Bank also known as Judea and Samaria, it is the Jewish heartland where Jews lived for three millennia to one degree or another. Jews have a right to live in Bethlehem, Hebron, Shiloh, and places like that. Settlers should continue to build Jewish settlements and continue to expand them provided they are not built on private Palestinian land. Prime Minister Netanyahu should appoint a Governor-General to run Judea and Samaria who would be accountable to the PM and his cabinet. The Knesset would have to approve whomever the PM chooses. They individual should also go through an extensive background check.
All Palestinians living in Judea and Samaria will be granted Israeli citizenship, voting rights and representation in the Knesset except those with criminal records or terrorist sympathies. Palestinian women and LGBTQ+ people should be allowed to live openly and empowered. Any Palestinians who wish to will be allowed to attend Israeli universities if they have the grades. Israel should develop Judea and Samaria and build luxury neighborhoods and skyscrapers where Palestinians and Israelis depending on where were talking, can live. West Bank Palestinians who can pass a background check and are of good character should be allowed to work in Israel itself and should be paid equal wages with Israelis. Palestinians should be granted complete freedom of speech as long as their conduct is not violent or related to Jihadism.
The Palestinian Authority will be removed from power, kicked out of the country and sent into exile in whatever Arab country would be willing to take them. Israel will start government programs to help poor and unemployed Palestinians and daycare programs for Palestinian mothers. There will be a huge campaign where the IDF, Security Services and Border Patrol with the assistance of any Palestinians who’d like to volunteer, to root out and destroy Hamas and other Jihadist groups. They should be assisted in this endeavor by any friendly Arab countries and the Kurds. Israel will also conduct operations via the Shin Bet and Mossad to combat Jewish extremism and drive all Jewish settler terrorists out of Judea and Samaria. Illegal Jewish settlements will be torn down. Private Palestinian land will be guarded by the IDF and Security Services.
As to Gaza, I believe Israel should also annex Gaza. Israel should control all the land between the river and the sea. There should be no-I repeat-no attempt by the government or anyone else to transfer the Palestinians. They should be allowed to remain. Any Gazans who wish to resettle by choice should be allowed to do so. I would propose resettling them in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, or the Gulf States. As to the two-state solution, for the time being it’s dead and can’t be revived. No use trying to wish into existence. The Oslo framework is as dead as a doornail and should be scrapped. As to Belgium, shame on the Belgian government! But I’m sure the vast majority of Belgians don’t agree with their decision. The governing coalition in Brussels is just doing it in a last gasp attempt to save their careers. I believe Israel should also reoccupy Southern Lebanon and with the permission of the Egyptian government, set up a buffer zone in the Sinai.
Both Gaza and West Bank. Belgium, of no importance.
Belgium is a ridiculous made up country and the heart of the Luciferian EU, and undermining that craphole is the duty of every decent person.
From a moral and rational standpoint everything you say is true. But it is not going to happen. There is no consensus for it in Israel and the world simply won't stand for transfer of Palestinians against their will and Israeli annexation. Its a sad and unfair situation but Israel has to figure out a way to disengage from them while assuring their murderous hate doesn't lead to more Israeli deaths. But annexation is not the answer though by moral right it should be.
The world does not have arms long enough to box with God, and if they did, they already would have. This is that day and that time when God has restored the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, Bennet the Biden is gone, Biden is gone and The Donald is back.
There is no time like the present, that's why it is called the present.
Learn to trust God, and keep his commandments. Thats all we need for all we need done.
I trust in reason and logic. And reason tells me to be grateful Israel has been given an opportunity by Trump to win the war and change rhe paradigm and not push too far.
Vain is the help of men. In God We Trust. You should do the same.
I'll keep it in mind.
Consider all the wars since 1948. 1956, was it logical that Israel won flying WWII Surplus junk? How about 1967, surrounded by Arab armies, controlling vast wealth, was Israel's victory logical?
I suggest Israel, modern or ancient, never won a war.
God won them all.
God was apparently on holiday during the several Jewish revolts, asleep for 2000 years and woke up just in time to let a bunch of socialists redeem his people. Mysterious ways indeed….
You are daffy. The Diaspora was punishment well earned. Join your idiot brethren in the UAE..
Wow, hope you get over your self hatred.
Isreal DID disengage from them - in 2005! We can all see where that led: 7th October 2023.
There is absolutely no point in trying to moralise with any group which is hell-bent on violent mass-murder/genocide. Gaza and PA can have one, and only one, choice - surrender and renounce violence, or LEAVE - PERMANENTLY!
At this point, the moral right is slaughter, and that is what will be.
🎯ברוך אתה ה׳ אלוקינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצוותיו וציונו על גאולת הארץ!
Annexing the area is easy. Moving the arabs out is not so easy because of their numbers and international pressure. However the aim should be to relocate the arabs to some other arab country. If we consistently keep this aim in mind it will be done.
The time to have done it was right after the 6 day war. There were fewer arabs and public opinion was on the side of Israel.
It will be done and Iran regime will happen. That opens up a golden age for Israel and the world wide Jewish community. Israel will be a leading nation in the world.
Our only danger is the importation of mentally ill ideas from the West.
I pray for complete annexation. The world has long forfeited any right to an opinion. It is time.
Allow me to sound pedantic for a moment, but, imagine:
Judea for the Jews, the former Judeans, the people whose name is taken from Judea, in the Land of Israel.
What a concept.
To Christians, Judea is where Jesus died. Scholars of all stripes ignore that Judea was located in the Land of Israel during that time, until the year 135AD, when Adrian renamed it Palestina out of spite. Scholars overwhelmingly call the land where Jesus lived Palestine, though he died around 30AD, 100 years before the name Palestina was assigned to Israel.
Since the Romans paraded " Judaea Capta" in Titus' Arch almost 2,000 years ago, Judea never changed its name, even as the " West Bank" nomination was invented precisely to obscure Judea's-and Samaria's - Israelite origin.
Had the Arab Palestinians accepted the 1947 partition, perhaps Judea would have remained under Arab occupation forever, as it had been under Jordan from 1948 to 1967.
No one in the world seemed bothered by Muslim Arabs claiming to be the owners of Judea. Would that make them Judeans, or .....Jews?
Such has been the charade and identity usurpation perpetrated against the Jewish People by Muslims since the 7th century.
Yes indeed,but it is also important to realize Judea is not Israel, the split occurred long ago, and the two sticks prophecy remains unfulfilled, for a while longer.
On the contrary. It is Israel, the Kingdom of Israel, the 10 tribes, conquered by the Assyrians in 722BC that disappeared. Judea remained, even after the Babylonian exile, Judea Capta is what the Romans bragged about. Judeans became Jews, and Jews live. And still, they never forgot - how could they- that they were also Israel. No one else was. And today, we return to the State of Israel the Ethiopians, Indian Jews and other diasporas. " Long time ago" also covers the malicious travesty of the Romans re-naming the Land of Israel, Judea, the Galilee, Samaria, the Negev, all of it, "Palestina", for the Philistines who had disappeared also " long time ago". Time and History are not the same.
"Sovereignty is not something to be begged for; it is something exercised." It is also something to be earned and the so-called "Palestinians" have earned nothing. They have become the eternal welfare state of the world community whose largesse makes their leaders rich and keeps them in perpetual misery. May as well blame the Jews which is the purpose of all the largesse in the first place. When you start a war and then lose a war, losing territory is one of the negative consequences. Just ask Germany about Alsace-Lorraine and East Prussia. Ask Japan about the Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands. When Israel prevails in this conflict, annexation of the entirety of Judea and Samaria will not surprise me. And when that happens, I will applaud.
It is time to put this crazy right of return to rest: live annexed and in peace or leave. They can leave via camel, car, plane, boat or coffin.
Amen. Annexation. Makes sense. Great article.
Thank you again for an uplifting and honest review of the status quo!!!
Keep up the good work!
Paul