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The new Shin Bet director, David Zini, marked his inauguration with a symbolic gesture filled with political significance, demanding that agents of the internal security service stop using the term "West Bank" and henceforth refer exclusively to "Judea and Samaria," according to a report by i24NEWS’s Hebrew-language channel.
At an initial meeting with the agency’s regional coordinators, one of them mentioned an operation carried out "in the West Bank." Zini immediately interrupted him: "What is this West Bank? From now on, you erase that term from your vocabulary; there is only Judea-Samaria."
This stance on terminology marks a symbolic turning point. The expression Judea and Samaria, used by the Israeli right and official institutions, reflects the historical and biblical vision of the territories, whereas West Bank remains the term used in diplomatic language and by the international community.
By adopting such a stance from his very first days as head of the Shin Bet, Zini is shaping his mandate with an assertive, identity-based approach to Israel’s security mission.
www.i24news.tv
At an initial meeting with the agency’s regional coordinators, one of them mentioned an operation carried out "in the West Bank." Zini immediately interrupted him: "What is this West Bank? From now on, you erase that term from your vocabulary; there is only Judea-Samaria."
This stance on terminology marks a symbolic turning point. The expression Judea and Samaria, used by the Israeli right and official institutions, reflects the historical and biblical vision of the territories, whereas West Bank remains the term used in diplomatic language and by the international community.
By adopting such a stance from his very first days as head of the Shin Bet, Zini is shaping his mandate with an assertive, identity-based approach to Israel’s security mission.
The new head of Shin Bet imposes the term Judea-Samaria instead of West Bank - i24NEWS
“What is this West Bank? From now on, you erase that term from your vocabulary, there is only Judea-Samaria,” declared David Zini
www.i24news.tv
