“The communities in Judea and Samaria are the protective wall of most of the State of Israel,” said Defense Minister Israel Katz.

Israel has an “absolute right to determine what happens in Judea and Samaria,” said Sen. Ted Cruz.

Yesha Council Chairman Israel Ganz compares it to the Balfour Declaration.

“On the 7th of October, not only Israeli citizens were murdered but also the idea that was mistakenly called ‘the two-state solution,'” said the Knesset speaker.

The figures do not include the hundreds of assaults on security personnel during ongoing operations in Arab towns under Palestinian Authority control.

“Semantics are important because through incorrect terminology, the lie wins,” said MK Simcha Rothman, who sponsored the bill.

“The US should stop using the politically-charged term ‘West Bank’ to refer to the biblical heartland of Israel,” says senator who proposed the bill.

More than half of respondents would oppose a Palestinian state even if it were part of a Saudi-Israel peace deal.

Regavim, an Israeli NGO focused on land issues, recently exposed damage in the Judean Desert by Palestinian Authority construction.