Nadene Goldfoot
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According to the latest official statistics as of today, there are now over 500,000 Jews living in Judea and Samaria.
The size of this land is 2,270 mi². It encompasses the entire West Bank, which has been a part of the 1948 Israel Government since 1967, and excludes East Jerusalem (see Jerusalem Law).
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Judea has been one of the states under King David who ruled from 1910 to 970 BCE and Samaria was the capital and land surrounding it later. This was the original land of the Israelite people. It is written about and found in the Old Testament or Torah, the Bible that gives the history. For people who never study or read about it, it has no meaning, but for Observant Jews who know their family history, it means everything. Jerusalem is in Judah/Judea.
While its area is internationally recognized as a part of the Palestinian territories, some Israeli authorities group it together with the districts of Israel proper, largely for statistical purposes. The term Judea and Samaria serves as another name for the West Bank in Israel.
Major Israeli cities of Judea/Samaria are:
- Ariel: (Hebrew: אֲרִיאֵל; is an urban Israeli city organized as a city council in the central West Bank, part of the Israeli-land claim, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the Green Line and 34 kilometres (21 mi) west of the Jordan border. Ariel was first established in 1978 and its population was 20,540 in 2019, composed of veteran and young Israelis, English-speaking immigrants, and immigrants from the Former Soviet Union, with an additional influx of above 10,000 students from Ariel University. It is the fourth largest Jewish city in the West Bank, after Modi'in Illit, Beitar Illit, and Ma'ale Adumim. The Israeli West Bank barrier was originally planned to extend out from the Israeli border to Ariel. Under American political pressure, the "finger", as the extension of the fence to include Ariel is often called, was not built. Instead, Ariel has a security fence surrounding it on only three sides.
- Betar Illit: Beitar Illit is an Haredi Jewish-Israeli cityHaredi Jews are very Orthodox Jews. Picture is of Young Haredi Jews in Jerusalem, 2005.
- organized as a city council in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, 10 kilometres southwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank. Beitar Illit is one of Israel's largest and most rapidly growing cities, and in 2019 had a population of 59,270.
- Ma'ale Adumim: Ma'ale Adumim is an urban Israeli city organized as a city council in the West Bank, seven kilometers east of Jerusalem. Ma'ale Adumim achieved city status in 1991. In 2015 its population was 38,155. It is located along Highway 1, which connects it to Jerusalem and the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area.
- **Modi'in Illit: Modi'in Illit (Hebrew: מוֹדִיעִין עִלִּית; lit. "Upper Modi'in") is a Haredi Israeli city in the West Bank, situated midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Modi'in Illit encompasses the neighborhoods of Kiryat Sefer and Achuzat Brachfeld (Brachfeld Estates). In 2019 it had a total population of 76,374, making it the largest Jewish settlement in the area. The international community considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.Haredi Jews consists of groups within Orthodox Judaism that are characterized by their strict adherence to halakha (Jewish law) and traditions, in opposition to modern values and practices. Its members are usually referred to as ultra-Orthodox in English. Modi'in Illit was granted city status by the Israeli government in 2008. It is located six kilometres (3.7 miles) northeast of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut and is often referred to as Kiryat Sefer (lit. "Book Town"), the name of its first neighborhood, established in 1994. It was built on the land of five Palestinian villages: Ni'lin, Kharbata, Saffa, Bil'in and Dir Qadis. Modi'in Illit encompasses the neighborhoods of Kiryat Sefer and Achuzat Brachfeld (Brachfeld Estates). In 2019 it had a total population of 76,374, making it the largest Jewish city in the area.
Jewish places of Reverence wanted for visiting, prayers
1. Cave of the Patriarchs, Hebron, West Bank; In Tiberias, Israel;
2. Rachel's Tomb, outside Bethlehem, West Bank;
3. Tomb of the Matriarchs, Tiberias, Israel; Shiloh, Samaria;
4. David's Tomb, Mount Zion, Jerusalem;
5. Cave of Zedekiah, Old City of Jerusalem;
hill bought from Shemer (Kings 16:24).
The site was 7 miles NW of Shechem
(Nablus) and was on an isolated elevation dominating a wide countryside.
The city occupied 25 acres. It fell in 721 BCE to Sargon II of Assyria who
resettled it with Cutheans. These intermingled and married with the
remnants
of the former Jewish population. This population became the ancestors of the
Samaritans. It became a Macedonian colony in 331 BCE. John
Hyrcanus took Samaria back in 107 BCE.
King Abdullah and the land Britain gave to him becoming Transjordan that
was 80% of the land first designated to be the Jewish National Home.
According to Wikipedia, Today's King Abdullah is the descendant of the 1st
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, a man looking to have land so he could be king.
Only 24,000 Jews were living in Palestine on the eve of the emergence of Zionism within the world's Jewish communities in the last two decades of the 19th century. That's because
the Brits had kept Jews out while letting in Arabs. In 2021, Israel had a population of 9,364 million people.
Resource;
The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Transjordan
https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/national-us/uncategorized/states-size
https://iris.org.il/israel-and-usa/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_burial_places_of_Abrahamic_figures
Israel AM
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/israel-population/
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