Judea and Samaria

Judea and Samaria (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן‎, Yehuda VeShomron, also an acronym יו”ש Yosh or ש”י Shai; Arabic: اليهودية والسامرة‎, al-Yahudiyyah was-Sāmarah) is the official Israeli name of the seventh District of Israel. Jordan occupied the territory and annexed it in 1950. The area was captured from Jordan by Israel in the 1967 Six Day war, and is considered an occupied territory by the International Court of Justice. The United Nations has declared that resolution of the conflict must be based on the withdrawal of Israeli forces from territories it occupied in the war, in conjunction with the termination of all claims or states of belligerency. Sometimes, the term “Judea and Samaria” is employed to distinguish it from the “West Bank”, which also includes East Jerusalem.