A group of Western and allied countries condemned Israel’s approval of 19 new communities in Judea and Samaria, calling the move unilateral and harmful to regional stability and peace efforts ....
It was only some years after Herod’s death, when Quirinius became governor of Syria for the second time in 6 CE, that Judea became part of a Roman province. Before 6 CE, Judea had been a client kingdom, ruled by Herod’s dynasty.
The lawmakers, part of a 30-person delegation organized by a group said to have funded Hamas, were turned back at the Allenby Bridge.The post Canadian MPs barred from entering Judea from Jordan appeared first on JNS.org ... .
After he died and his Empire split into multiple parts, the land of the Israelites (which by that time was known as Judea) became a zone of constant conflict ...Antiochus sent Greek forces to Judea to sort out this Israelite conflict.