Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee who previously volunteered with the Israeli military, has ordered committee staff to refer to the Israeli-occupied West Bank as “Judea and Samaria,” a biblical name the state of Israel uses to refer to the Palestinian territory.
According to Axios, in a memo to 50 Republican staffers, Mast wrote that “in recognition of our unbreakable bond with Israel and the inherent right of the Jewish people to their ancient homeland, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will, from here forward, refer to the West Bank as Judea and Samaria in formal correspondence, communication and documentation.”

Mast is one of Israel’s staunchest supporters in Congress, which he demonstrated when he wore an IDF uniform to Capitol Hill in October 2023. “As the only member to serve with both the United States Army and the Israel Defense Forces, I will always stand with Israel,” he wrote on X at the time.
Mast’s order to Republican staffers comes amid a major Israeli military operation in the West Bank dubbed “Iron Wall,” which has involved the forced displacement of 40,000 Palestinians, the destruction of roads, homes, and other infrastructure, and the killing of civilians, including a pregnant woman and several children.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has said the displaced Palestinians cannot return home, signaling a new ethnic cleansing campaign has begun. The Israeli government has made expanding illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank a priority with the ultimate goal of annexing the territory.
While it may seem only symbolic, referring to the West Bank as “Judea and Samaria” is a clear show of support for Israeli annexation. Mike Huckabee, Trump’s nominee to serve as the US ambassador to Israel, also refers to the West Bank using the same language and has said annexation is possible under the new Trump administration.
Earlier this month, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) reintroduced a bill that would require the use of the term “Judea and Samaria” in official US documents. Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) also introduced the legislation in the House and claimed that “the Israeli people have an undeniable and indisputable historical and legal claim over Judea and Samaria.”
America, right? This is the usa? Freedom of speech so we can talk about TRUTH instead of spewing propaganda bs?
The Constitution is only a mythical story for 6th grade civics.
I think that has been eliminated too.
Germany loved citizens like you in 1932-Virtually ‘perfect’
So you never passed 6th grade Jethro?
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'The Constitution is only a mythical story for 6th grade civics.'
Its a great document if you bother to read it, have you?
i keep a copy of it in my car and its on my desk…
It is a bourgeois government schema, with an Enlightenment afterthought (Bill of Rights). I didn’t mean to deny the facticity of the document, only its enforcement.
Its Enforcement is implied to be in the care of you, me, us as in, WE THE PEOPLE. Its a guide but only if the people are aware,informed and most importantly of all; INVOLVED.
In origin (Lockean property rights) and historical practice it’s always been bourgeois, government by the propertied.
Agreed. Rich,white,male Landowners…Then it was Improved by amendment’s through its history. That is why they call it a ‘Living Document’..
It boils down to what my dad said; “Mike, you get the government you deserve…”
Personally, we need a common sense upgrade; Direct Democracy…But for that to succeed you need Critical Thinkers who are involved, informed, and active…
scuse me for digressing…
This will help people recognize what district Representative Mast represents.
Rep. Brian Mast (R-Apartheid State of Israel)
This is getting very weird, quickly.
Like I said to an article yesterday. "Has everyone lost their minds"?
We went from Joe and Harris genocide supporters to Nazi stormtroopers.
According to Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) everybody in Congress has an AIPAC baby-sitter assigned to them:
https://mronline.org/2024/06/15/house-republican-claims-every-gop-colleague-has-an-aipac-babysitter-pressuring-them-to-cast-pro-israel-votes/
I'm kinda not surprised…!
He should step up and donate at least one of his kidneys to Israel.
Nah. He can donate his heart.
It seems he lost his heart already.
How can the heartless donate a heart?
Nov 28, 2023 LOWKEY – Palestine Will Never Die (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
Lowkey releases his new track 'Palestine Will Never Die' featuring Mai Khalil.
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Who does this jerk represent?
Everyone with enough gray matter between their ears knows Rep. Mast (R) FL represents Israeli interests in Congress. It is definitely not the interests of the American people. All Republicans in Congress trip all over themselves to grovel at the feet of Israel and their monied supporters here in the US. NUTS
The United State of Israel is getting closer and closer to the reality…!
I'M waiting for the ASI to demand that the media & US government start referring to Palestinians by biblical Israelite enemy tribe names, and/or just "short Nephilim".
“But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain — that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.” — Lysander Spooner
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First, he should quickly be arrested for treason before Trump –who has been piddling around in nonsense over incorporating Canada, the Panama Canal and Greenland into the empire– makes Israel the 51st state.
LOL, and as a Palestinian I have no problem in calling it "Judea and Samaria" as long as our cousins aren't living there.
I have a mind to write Mast a letter to thank him for helping to hasten Israel's demise. Before Trump America was hosting peace talks, Paying lip services to the two state solution, blocking the Jerusalem law and referring to the West Bank as the occupied territories.
Now the US is making it clear that it has declared war on Palestine.
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Treason has a legal definition codified in the US Constitution. Telling congressional staffers to use certain words does not fall under that definition.
I was referring to him dawning an Israeli uniform in congress, and i didn’t mean it literally. The whole post was in jest. Patriots like Scott Ritter and others said it and they were mad and said it was treasonous. Not sure if they meant it literally. Your vet how do you feel about it?
Scott Russia is a pro Russia grifter and weirdo.
They look mid eastern to me
How about you?
Look Mid Eastern to me