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The name "Samaria" is derived from the ancient city of Samaria, capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The name Samaria likely began being used for the entire kingdom not long after the town of Samaria had become Israel's capital, but it is first documented after its conquest by the Neo-Assyrian Empire , which incorporated ...
The Judea and Samaria Area (Hebrew: אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן, romanized: Ezor Yehuda VeShomron; [a] Arabic: يهودا والسامرة, romanized: Yahūda wa-s-Sāmara) is an administrative division used by the State of Israel to refer to the entire West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967, but excludes East Jerusalem (see Jerusalem Law).
The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza. ... just as in Judea and Samaria," Katz said. ... more than 2% of Gaza's total pre-war residents of 2.23 ...
During the press conference, Mr Saar also threatened that Israel would in Gaza “do the same thing we are doing in Judea and Samaria” - the term used by the Israeli state to refer to the West ...
The city of Samaria gave its name to the mountains of Samaria, the central region of the Land of Israel, surrounding the city of Shechem. This usage probably began after the city became Omri's capital, but is first documented only after its conquest by Sargon II of Assyria , who turned the kingdom into the province of Samerina.
Watch: Netanyahu forms wartime cabinet and vows to ‘destroy’ Hamas. 10:04, Tara Cobham. The reality of Israel’s ‘total siege’ on Gaza. 10:00, Bel Trew in Tel Aviv. Israel’s defence ...
In its June 2005 ruling upholding the constitutionality of the Gaza disengagement, the Court determined that "Judea and Samaria" [West Bank] and the Gaza area are lands seized during warfare, and are not part of Israel: The Judea and Samaria Area is held by the State of Israel in belligerent occupation.
Ruins of the royal palace of the Omiride dynasty in the city of Samaria, which was the capital of Israel from 880 BCE to 720 BCE.. According to Israel Finkelstein, Shoshenq I's campaign in the second half of the 10th century BCE collapsed the early polity of Gibeon in central highlands, and made possible the beginning of the Northern Kingdom, with its capital at Shechem, [10] [11] around 931 BCE.