Samaria

[suh-mair-ee-uh]

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noun

a district in ancient Palestine: later part of the Roman province of Syria; taken by Jordan 1948; occupied by Israel 1967.
the northern kingdom of the ancient Hebrews; Israel.
the ancient capital of this kingdom.

Samaria

/ ��əˈ��ɛə��ɪə /

noun

the region of ancient Palestine that extended from Judaea to Galilee and from the Mediterranean to the River Jordan; the N kingdom of Israel
the capital of this kingdom; constructed northwest of Shechem in the 9th century _bc

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Huckabee has previously been a strong supporter of the idea of a "greater Israel", seeking permanent Israeli control of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and using the biblical term "Judea and Samaria" for the West Bank.

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Moshe Sharvit believes all of the West Bank - which settlers and the Israeli government call Judea and Samaria - were given by God to the Jews.

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On Sunday, Israel's Defence Minister, Israel Katz, said the army was "at war with Islamic terrorism in Judea and Samaria" - the term Israel uses to describe the West Bank.

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"I'm living in a place where my ancestors lived thousands of years ago. I do not live in occupied territory; I live in Biblical Judea and Samaria."

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Huckabee, who denies the existence of a Palestinian identity, has vowed to keep sending weapons to Israel and support their occupation of the West Bank, which he refers to as Judea and Samaria.

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