Red State Proposes Legislation To Eliminate “West Bank” References In Official Documents – Replace With “Judea And Samaria”

Proposed legislation in the Florida House of Representatives would prohibit the use of the term “West Bank” in official documents and instead use “Judea and Samaria.”

Two nearly identical pieces of legislation, called the “Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act,” have been introduced in the state legislature.

“Refer to the land liberated by Israel from Jordan during the 1967 Six-Day War by its historical name of ‘Judea and Samaria,’ with the land south of Jerusalem being considered ‘Judea’ and the land north of Jerusalem being considered ‘Samaria,’” one of the bills states.

BREAKING: Florida lawmakers advance a bill banning the term “West Bank” in state government and public school materials, requiring the territory be referred to as “Judea and Samaria” instead.

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