The name of the heroes of the Chanukah holiday - the Maccabim - has been adopted by a number of important institutions, products and places in the modern State of Israel.
'We have not occupied a foreign land; we have not ruled a foreign land; we have liberated the land of our forefathers.' That statement is still relevant.
Judea is an area referred to as the West Bank, with the reference point being Jordan in an attempt to diminish the Jewish historical and biblical claim.
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