The recent Israeli-American campaign against Iran was a stunning and successful demonstration of military power. But we must understand that the battle between the free world and Iran does not begin with fighter jets, bombers, or the threat of nuclear weapons, it is, at its core, a debate about historical justice.
There are 1,800 kilometers between Tehran and Judea and Samaria, but the ideology that drives the Islamic regime there, and with it the rest of the Axis of Evil in the Middle East, centers precisely on the question of Judea and Samaria.
In the eyes of this axis, the State of Israel has no right to exist between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. In their view, the Jewish people are invaders and occupiers who must be erased from the face of the earth.
To defeat this destructive, antisemitic ideology, we must decide the fate of Judea and Samaria. This region, our ancestral homeland, lies at the heart of the State of Israel. The moment Israel, with American recognition, declares that it is here to stay, and that the Land of the Bible is an inseparable part of the State of Israel, the ideology of the Axis of Evil will suffer a crushing blow. Their hope of destroying Israel will collide with a move that realizes historical justice and sends a clear message: the train is moving in the opposite direction from their dreams, toward a future in which terror plots and the fantasy of eliminating Israel are irrelevant and defeated.
History must now march forward, leaving behind the Palestinian terrorists of Hamas and Fatah, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iran. This is achieved through the application of sovereignty.
Those who cling to historical justice also bring security and stability to the region. These values go hand in hand.
The State of Israel cannot afford to delude its enemies into thinking that one day they will receive the heart of the country and turn it into a terror state, as Hamas tried to do in Gaza, without nuclear weapons or centrifuges, but with light arms and sandals.
The Jewish people have an unbroken connection to Judea and Samaria for more than 3,000 years. Our history, our faith, and our national identity are rooted in these hills, from Shiloh to Hebron, from Beit El to the Jordan Valley. The Bible speaks of our ancestors walking the paths of this land. Today, more than half a million Israeli Jewish citizens live in thriving communities there, people who contribute daily to Israel’s economy, its security, and the future of the free world.
Applying sovereignty must be the final step of the Israeli-American show of courage in Tehran. Extending Israeli law is the B-2 bomber of values, a bomb of justice that announces to the entire world that the Jewish state is here to stay, forever, and to defeat all its enemies.
This should be America’s great message to the world. Broad international agreements that are based on this truth and this political certainty will be strong, sincere, and launch the region into a new era of genuine peace, for us and for generations to come.
Yisrael Ganz Governor of the Binyamin Regional Council and Chairman of the Yesha Council