
Victor Sharpe
"Every member of the Jewish and Christian faiths should know and preach these timeless facts."
The regions of Judea and Samaria, known from profound Biblical significance as the heartland of ancient Israel (but known falsely as the so-called Arab West Bank), are territories which are woven into the fabric of Jewish and Christian history and religious identity, representing the cradle of Jewish civilization.
Judea derives its God given name from the Biblical tribe of Judah and encompasses the southern portion of the Biblical Land of Israel. This region witnessed many of the most significant events in Biblical Jewish history, from the reigns of Kings David and Solomon to the words of the Hebrew prophets that shaped Jewish and Christian faith and law.
Samaria, the northern region, served as the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel and holds equally sacred status in Jewish tradition and history. The area encompasses numerous Biblical sites where the Hebrew prophets walked and taught and where pivotal moments in Jewish history unfolded.
Gaza is also the God given eternal inheritance given to the Biblical Jewish tribe of Judah.
These Biblical verses underscore the God given connection between the Jewish people and these lands:
“For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills” (Deuteronomy 8:7)
“And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will your God" (Genesis 17:8)
“Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee” (Genesis 13:17)
These sacred texts establish the divine promise of the land to the Jewish people as an everlasting Covenant with God, providing the spiritual foundation for modern Jewish sovereignty claims throughout every centimeter of the Land of Israel.
The State of Israel is fighting on seven fronts – and with God’s help, it is standing strong and winning. After Iran – all eyes are on Judea, Samaria and Gaza. Sovereignty in Judea, Samaria and Gaza is Israel’s God given defensive shield. Israel’s improved security position creates an opportunity to advance Israeli sovereignty over these lost territories of the ancient Jewish homeland , currently and illegally occupied by the so-called Muslim terrorist Palestinian Authority.
Opponents to Israel extending its sovereignty in the Biblical heartland falsely claim this will present an obstacle to the proposed “two-state solution,” a deeply hostile and venomous policy, which would create an unprecedented militarized Palestinian Islamic state within Israeli territory itself while replacing the 3,000-year-old Jewish capital of Jerusalem with an exclusively Palestinian Arab and Islamic city.
The calamitous result would place all of Israel within easy range of yet more Arab Palestinian missiles and overwhelming Islamist terrorism This horror is patterned upon the tragic and fateful creation of an Islamic state in Gaza in 2005, which resulted in untold thousands of missiles being fired into Israel, primarily into the little town of S'derot, and to the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas invasion and massacre of Jewish men, women, children and babies carried out by Muslim Arab hordes from Hamas occupied Gaza.
The Sovereignty movement in Judea, Samaria and Gaza represents both a return to Biblical Jewish and Christian roots and a strategic response to present day security needs. The moment has never been timelier for implementing formal sovereignty over these Biblically precious and God given territories, which is why Jews and Christians must come together to defeat the demonic war of lies and threats emanating from the Leftist and Islamist Axis, which poisons the minds of untold millions throughout the world.
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Here is the recent impassioned plea made by members of the Sovereignty Movement to the speaker of Israel's parliament on the eve of Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu's visit to President Trump in Washington D.C.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.
''Before the Prime Minister's departure on his most important mission to the United States, we joined with other ministers and Members of the Knesset in signing a letter calling on him and expressing support to act toward sovereignty in Judea, Samaria, Gaza and the Jordan Valley.
''These regions are not geographical margins, but rather the beating heart of our Jewish identity. They are not merely a vision, they are also the front line in the defense of Judeo-Christian civilization.
"'They are Israel’s historical and spiritual lost lands.
"These regions whether it's the villages and towns of Shiloh, Eli, Kedumim, Kiryat Arba, Itamar, Beit El, Hebron, Elkana, Ephraim, are the embodiment of our very essence in the God given and ancestral homeland.
"When we meet with the pioneering families, the children, the Bible institutions, the thriving agriculture and the Biblical landscape, we see the Land of Israel in all its splendor.
"The events of October 7th proved to us that the conflict with our Arab and Islamist enemies is not over this or that piece of land, but over our very existence in the Land of Israel.
"This is not a dispute over maps, it is a dispute over essence. It is not a question of territory, it is a question of belonging.
"Therefore, we call upon the Prime Minister as part of the expansion of the Abraham Accords, and as a means of realizing our victory over our enemies to act also in the diplomatic arena and apply long awaited and prayed for sovereignty in the Jordan Valley, and in Judea, Samaria and Gaza.
"Sovereignty is not a privilege, it is a duty to our previous generations who took root where our ancestors once fought so long ago against the pagan Canaanites. It is our duty to the next generation, who deserve to grow up in a country that knows its borders – and beyond that, knows its soul.
"This move does not contradict our democratic values. On the contrary, it strengthens them.
"We cannot, on one hand, claim ownership over the land, while at the same time continue to govern it as though, heaven forbid, we would be forced again to relinquish parts of it.
"Applying sovereignty is a moral recognition, a vital act for our existence. It removes all doubt. It declares, We are here by right, not by grace.
"The Jordan Valley will be Israel’s eastern security border, Shiloh and Beit El our historical backbone. The Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron is the burial place of our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the very root of our 4,000-year existence and faith in the homeland.
"The time has come for action. The time has come to stop being cowed and persecuted but start asserting our God given rights.
Sovereignty now! Not as a provocation — but as a necessity. Not as a political gesture, but as an essential and compelling spiritual step.
"It is time to act, to understand. This is ours and ours alone.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker."
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