Cotton reintroduces bill to ban federal gov from using term ‘West Bank

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) reintroduced legislation on Wednesday that would bar the federal government from using the term “West Bank” to describe Judea and Samaria. The bill requires the use of “historically accurate terminology” and “pushes back on attempts to undermine Israel’s sovereign territory.”

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

Formally titled the Retiring the Egregious Confusion Over the Genuine Name of Israel’s Zone of Influence by Necessitating Government-use of Judea and Samaria Act (the “RECOGNIZING Judea and Samaria Act”), the bill bans funding for use of the phrase “West Bank” in any “policy, guidance, regulation, notice, executive order, materials, briefing, press release, communications or other work product” unless waived by the secretary of state.  (Read More)