A three-star general who has served as the United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence stated that Israel should have sovereignty over the biblical areas of Judea and Samaria.

Retired general William Boykin, who spent 36 years in the U.S. military, including 13 years in Delta Force, the Army’s elite special operations, counter-terrorism unit, is a staunch Christian who said as far back as 2016, “I’m going to do everything I can to stop men from going into bathrooms with my daughters, my wife and my granddaughters. I am going to be a very outspoken antagonist on this issue.” President George W. Bush tasked him with hunting down Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Retired Army Major General Robert Scales said of him, “He commanded Delta and is one of the toughest guys around—but he’s also one of the nicest, gentlest people I know.”

Boykin spoke of the necessity of Israel’s sovereignty over Judea and Samaria on Sunday in Samaria, saying, “What we’re doing here is standing on a time bomb that’s going to go off at some point. It already did on the 7th of October,” JNS reported.

“It’s gonna happen again, and that’s why … we need to recognize that if we don’t create a situation where we have sovereignty here, we’re going to see another Oct. 7,” Boykin continued. “There are people who have no knowledge or understanding, and they believe that a 15-mile stretch can be part of your defense—and that is not the case. You and we must stand together and say: We will not accept a two-state solution!”

“After October 7, we must understand—and you of course understand—that Jewish towns and cities here in Judea and Samaria are not just a matter of historical justice. The Jewish communities are Israel’s security belt,” Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan explained.

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a research institute focusing on national security and foreign policy, identified 28 Iran-backed terrorist groups and branches in the Biblical areas of Judea and Samaria in Israel, sometimes referred to as the West Bank, where Palestinians have consistently murdered Jews for decades.

“Iran-backed terrorist groups, including, al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, and Hamas, have proliferated in number and strengthened their presence in the West Bank in recent years,” FDD’s Long War Journal reported. “The groups have established battalions (Katibat) in Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarm and beyond. Iranian arms and funding have primarily fueled this violent escalation. FDD’s Long War Journal has identified 26 West Bank branches belonging to established terrorist organizations, and two independent armed groups.”

Last December, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced a bill in the Senate to require all official U.S. documents and materials to use the historically accurate term “Judea and Samaria” instead of the “West Bank.”

The bill, titled the “Retiring the Egregious Confusion Over the Genuine Name of Israel’s Zone of Influence by Necessitating Government-use of Judea and Samaria (RECOGNIZING Judea and Samaria) Act,” matched legislation in the House sponsored by Reps. Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Randy Weber (R-TX), and Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY).

“The Jewish people’s legal and historic rights to Judea and Samaria goes back thousands of years. The U.S. should stop using the politically charged term West Bank to refer to the biblical heartland of Israel,” Cotton stated.

“The Israeli people have an undeniable and indisputable historical and legal claim over Judea and Samaria, and at this critical moment in history, the United States must reaffirm this,”  Tenney echoed. “This bill reaffirms Israel’s rightful claim to its territory. I remain committed to defending the integrity of the Jewish state and fully supporting Israel’s sovereignty over Judea and Samaria.”

The term “West Bank” only came into common usage after the 1948 Israeli War of Independence, while “Samaria” dates back at least 2,000 years. The great historian Flavius Josephus wrote, “Now as to the country of Samaria, it lies between Judea and Galilee.”

Virtually all of the events in the Old Testament occurred in Judea and Samaria; Hebron is considered the burial place of the Biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and where King David was crowned; Shiloh was where the Tabernacle rested for roughly 370 years; Joseph, who became the Egyptian pharaoh’s right-hand man, is buried in Shechem; Elon Moreh is where the Bible says God promised the Land of Israel to Abraham; and David fought Goliath in the Valley of Elah. These are just some of the Jewish biblical connections to Judea and Samaria.

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A three-star general who has served as the United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence stated that Israel should have sovereignty over the biblical areas of Judea and Samaria.

Retired general William Boykin, who spent 36 years in the U.S. military, including 13 years in Delta Force, the Army’s elite special operations, counter-terrorism unit, is a staunch Christian who said as far back as 2016, “I’m going to do everything I can to stop men from going into bathrooms with my daughters, my wife and my granddaughters. I am going to be a very outspoken antagonist on this issue.” President George W. Bush tasked him with hunting down Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Retired Army Major General Robert Scales said of him, “He commanded Delta and is one of the toughest guys around—but he’s also one of the nicest, gentlest people I know.”

Boykin spoke of the necessity of Israel’s sovereignty over Judea and Samaria on Sunday in Samaria, saying, “What we’re doing here is standing on a time bomb that’s going to go off at some point. It already did on the 7th of October,” JNS reported.

“It’s gonna happen again, and that’s why … we need to recognize that if we don’t create a situation where we have sovereignty here, we’re going to see another Oct. 7,” Boykin continued. “There are people who have no knowledge or understanding, and they believe that a 15-mile stretch can be part of your defense—and that is not the case. You and we must stand together and say: We will not accept a two-state solution!”

“After October 7, we must understand—and you of course understand—that Jewish towns and cities here in Judea and Samaria are not just a matter of historical justice. The Jewish communities are Israel’s security belt,” Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan explained.

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a research institute focusing on national security and foreign policy, identified 28 Iran-backed terrorist groups and branches in the Biblical areas of Judea and Samaria in Israel, sometimes referred to as the West Bank, where Palestinians have consistently murdered Jews for decades.

“Iran-backed terrorist groups, including, al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, and Hamas, have proliferated in number and strengthened their presence in the West Bank in recent years,” FDD’s Long War Journal reported. “The groups have established battalions (Katibat) in Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarm and beyond. Iranian arms and funding have primarily fueled this violent escalation. FDD’s Long War Journal has identified 26 West Bank branches belonging to established terrorist organizations, and two independent armed groups.”

Last December, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced a bill in the Senate to require all official U.S. documents and materials to use the historically accurate term “Judea and Samaria” instead of the “West Bank.”

The bill, titled the “Retiring the Egregious Confusion Over the Genuine Name of Israel’s Zone of Influence by Necessitating Government-use of Judea and Samaria (RECOGNIZING Judea and Samaria) Act,” matched legislation in the House sponsored by Reps. Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Randy Weber (R-TX), and Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY).

“The Jewish people’s legal and historic rights to Judea and Samaria goes back thousands of years. The U.S. should stop using the politically charged term West Bank to refer to the biblical heartland of Israel,” Cotton stated.

“The Israeli people have an undeniable and indisputable historical and legal claim over Judea and Samaria, and at this critical moment in history, the United States must reaffirm this,”  Tenney echoed. “This bill reaffirms Israel’s rightful claim to its territory. I remain committed to defending the integrity of the Jewish state and fully supporting Israel’s sovereignty over Judea and Samaria.”

The term “West Bank” only came into common usage after the 1948 Israeli War of Independence, while “Samaria” dates back at least 2,000 years. The great historian Flavius Josephus wrote, “Now as to the country of Samaria, it lies between Judea and Galilee.”

Virtually all of the events in the Old Testament occurred in Judea and Samaria; Hebron is considered the burial place of the Biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and where King David was crowned; Shiloh was where the Tabernacle rested for roughly 370 years; Joseph, who became the Egyptian pharaoh’s right-hand man, is buried in Shechem; Elon Moreh is where the Bible says God promised the Land of Israel to Abraham; and David fought Goliath in the Valley of Elah. These are just some of the Jewish biblical connections to Judea and Samaria.

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