PHOENIX — It’s being billed as simply an effort to recognize history.
But Arizona lawmakers have decided to wade into the thorny political and religious questions of whether to make it the policy of the state to recognize what is commonly called the West Bank by its historical names of Judea and Samaria.
Sponsored by Rep. David Livingston, HCR 2047 lists all the reasons the nearly 2,200 square mile area between what had been Israel’s border before 1967 with neighboring Jordan and the Jordan River should be referred to by names that are listed in both the Old Testament and New Testament.
