{"id":119528,"date":"2025-02-28T17:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=119528"},"modified":"2025-02-28T10:27:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T08:27:48","slug":"28-00-104","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=119528","title":{"rendered":"GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump to Recognize Israeli Sovereignty Over West Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump to Recognize Israeli Sovereignty Over West Bank<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Corey Walker<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) Source: Reuters<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A group of Republican lawmakers is urging US President Donald Trump to formally recognize Israel\u2019s sovereignty over the West Bank, citing the territory\u2019s historical ties and importance to the Jewish people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY), one of the most strident pro-Israel voices in Congress, spearheaded a letter to Trump, calling on the president to endorse an Israeli annexation of the West Bank. Other signatories to the letter include Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Randy Weber (R-TX), and Andy Harris (R-MD).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The coalition of pro-Israel Republicans\u2014which are members of the Friends of Judea and Samaria Caucus\u2014argue that the internationally recognized borders of the West Bank, \u201ccomprise the Judeo-Christian biblical heartland, where over 80 percent of the Torah and Old Testament took place.\u201d Thus, the lawmakers claim that acknowledging Israel\u2019s claim over the West Bank would be central to reinforcing America and Israel\u2019s shared \u201cJudeo-Christian heritage.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The lawmakers argue that recognizing the West Bank as Israeli territory would help build upon Trump\u2019s record of supporting the Jewish state, pointing to his 2021 recognition of the City of David in Jerusalem as a \u201ctestament to America\u2019s Judeo-Christian heritage and founding principles.\u201d The lawmakers claim that the West Bank, which they refer to as Judea and Samaria, is similarly critical to Israel\u2019s national identity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They also said that they were in \u201cstrong opposition to the recognition of any hostile Arab state in Judea and Samaria that supports terrorism and fails to recognize Israel.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Israeli leaders have also publicly opposed the creation of a Palestinian state within the West Bank, arguing that the territory would become a hotbed of terrorism and launching pad for direct attacks into the Jewish state\u2019s population centers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the immediate aftermath of President Trump\u2019s victory last November, several high-profile conservative lawmakers vowed to refer to the West Bank as Judea and Samaria,\u00a0aligning themselves with the terminology preferred by Israel. To many observers, the shift in language signaled a shift in US policy closer to the Jewish state and in favor of further expansion of Jewish communities in the territory. However, critics have argued that the change in language might inflame tensions in the Middle East, complicating the possibility of reaching a two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nonetheless, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK),\u00a0introduced legislation<\/a>\u00a0in December banning the federal government from using the term \u201cWest Bank\u201d instead of\u00a0 \u201cJudea and Samaria,\u201d arguing that the bill would \u201calign US policy language with the geographical and cultural significance of the region.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ambassador to Israel\u00a0Mike Huckabee<\/a>\u00a0has also vowed to use the words Judea and Samaria in lieu of the West Bank.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t say something I don\u2019t believe. As you well know, I\u2019ve never been willing to use the term \u2018West Bank.\u2019 There is no such thing. I speak of Judea and Samaria,\u201d Huckabee told Israeli media outlet Arutz Sheva in an interview. \u201cI tell people there is no \u2018occupation.\u2019 It is a land that is \u2018occupied\u2019 by the people who have had a rightful deed to the place for 3,500 years, since the time of Abraham.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump to Recognize Israeli Sovereignty Over West Bank Corey Walker Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) Source: Reuters A group of Republican lawmakers is urging US President Donald Trump to formally recognize Israel\u2019s sovereignty over the West Bank, citing the territory\u2019s historical ties and importance to the Jewish people.\u00a0 Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY), one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119528"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119528"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119540,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119528\/revisions\/119540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}