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Joel Kontinen
When does the Bible talk about the west bank of the river Jordan? It does not speak about
it all, Jesus went to Judea and Samaria when he preached. He was born in Bethlehem now
is occupied by Arabs.
While Joe Biden and David Cameron talk about the
blessings of a two state solution, most Israelis are opposed to it.
“Judea and Samaria was renamed the ‘West Bank’ by
Jordan, following the Jordanian capture of that region in the 1948 War of Independence and its subsequent occupation until 1967,” the resolution of a conference stated, noting that, ironically,
the region is located in the eastern side of Israel.
In a Christian conference in the United States in
which several Jews also ls spoke, the Rabbi Elie Mischel said: “Language
is very powerful and very dangerous. The Jordanians made up the name “West
Bank”, and it falsely implies that the “primary” biblical land is modern day
Jordan, while Judea and Samaria are merely the “West Bank” of the Jordan River.
But this language is deceitful. Judea and Samaria are not of secondary
importance. They are the biblical heartland of Israel, where the great majority
of the Bible took place! “
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