Occupation History: Was Bibi the one who invented the annexation of the valley?

Tonight, over 3,000 years after the first time the Jordan Valley became Jewish, the president of the United States declared that his country also recognizes Jewish sovereignty over the region. Almost 53 years after returning to us, the road to annexation of the Jordan Valley seems paved and ready

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Yes annex or not annex? Among the many questions that have plagued the political system in recent days, the question of annexation manages to take a place of honor. Although we think that the Jordan Valley was conquered only during the Six Day War, even before Netanyahu there were Jewish leaders who annexed this land.

The first to annex the Jordan Valley were Joshua and the people who came into the country with him through the Jordan. The book of Joshua records the people of Israel passing the Jordan by wheel and then conquering the city of Biblical Jericho. Throughout the years of occupation and settlement, the people of Israel moved and conquered the entire region, which was divided into a number of tribes: Reuben, Gad and half the people across the Jordan River and Judea and Benjamin from the western side.

The Jews of Israel went through many years of wars and conquests by other peoples until the Hasmoneans who came from among Jewish rulers annexed the Jordan Valley area. After they had conquered the land, the Hasmonean kings evacuated the fort and strengthened their control over it. A palace system erected in Jericho made the city central to the system of control, and fortresses built along the valley declared voicelessly to anyone interested: "Here the Jewish people reigns."

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Thousands of years passed, the Jewish people returned to their homeland and the people of the new settlement also wanted to settle in the Jordan Valley, although the attempt failed but it signaled the beginning of Jewish settlement in the valley. The Ottoman administration, which was hit by economic difficulties in the late 19th century, decided to sell part of the Jordan Valley. The Jews were organized into a purchase group, with Moshe Montefiore, the Jewish philanthropist, among the funders of the purchase. The name chosen for the settlement he wanted to establish was 'Petah Tikva'. The failure of the idea of ​​establishing a Jewish colony in the Baka area was the motive that ultimately led to the establishment of Petah Tikva in its present location.

Tonight, over 3,000 years after the first time the Jordan Valley became Jewish, the president of the United States declared that his country also recognizes Jewish sovereignty over the region. Therefore, almost 53 years after returning to us, the road to annexation of the Jordan Valley seems paved and ready.