State of Judea

The State of Judea () is a proposed state of Jewish settlers in the West Bank. After the PLO declared the existence of a Palestinian state in 1988, some settler activists (primarily Kahanists) feared that international pressure would lead Israel to withdraw from the West Bank and sought to lay the groundwork for a state that could control the West Bank if this came to pass. In January 1989 several hundred activists met and announced their intention to create such a state if Israel withdrew.http://books.google.com/books?id=ApANDp1XzmgC&pg=PA146&dq=%22state+of+judea%22+kach&client=safarihttp://books.google.com/books?id=WysT_YXvi0kC&pg=PA170&dq=%22state+of+judea%22The State of Judea, by Danny Rubinsteinhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P2sVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3492,3680069&dq=michael-ben-horin+judeahttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7DgQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G48DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6890,1643982
The idea was revived following the unilateral disengagement plan which resulted in the forcible withdrawal of Jewish residents in Gaza by the IDF in 2005. In 2007 Shalom Dov Wolpo suggested the establishment of a new state in the West Bank in the event of Israeli withdrawal.http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2007/12/07/Rabbi-threatens-secession-from-Israel/UPI-56021197065549/Rightist initiative: Picking flag and anthem for settler state
Michael Ben-Horin is the nominated president of the State of Judea.http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/il}judea.htmlhttp://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/816079.htmlhttp://www.imemc.org/article/60779
==Newspaper Articles==
* "The State of Judea" written by the left-leaning Haaretz newspaper in January 2007.
* "Rightist initiative: Picking flag and anthem for settler state" written by the Ynet Israeli news website in December 2007.
* "The flourishing State of Judea" written by the left-leaning Haaretz newspaper in December 2008.
==External links==
* State of Judea official website
* State of Judea official Myspace page
* State of Judea official Facebook group
* State of Judea advocacy website Online since January 2006.
* The Virtual Medinat Yehudah
==References==
Category:Israeli settlements
Category:Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Category:Religious Zionism
Category:Proposed countries
Category:Kahanism