The CEO of the Btsalmo human rights organization, Shai Glick, wrote to Kan-Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation CEO Golan Yochpaz demanding the corporation discontinue the use of the term “West Bank” for Judea and Samaria.
Glick states that in its broadcasts and on its Facebook page, the corporation’s English radio station uses the term “West Bank,” which is an “errant term that should be replaced with ‘Judea and Samaria,'” writes Glick.
He points out that in the past, he wrote to the corporation, and in response, they claimed that they make equal use of both terms and that when Palestinian issues are discussed, the term “West Bank” is used, while “Judea and Samaria” is used in connection with Israeli matters.
“But in fact, even in regard to Israeli matters, such as terror attacks on Israelis, they use the term ‘West Bank,'” Glick claims.

He explains that since the official term in the state of Israel is “Judea and Samaria, “It is incorrect that the state corporation uses the foreign term ‘West Bank,’ which is left over from the Jordanian occupation before 1967.”
According to him, “The term ‘West Bank’ damages public diplomacy since it connects the region to the Jordanian kingdom and does not reflect the ancient connection of the Jewish people with Judea and Samaria.”
I demand that you take action and clarify procedures so that Kan in English will only use the official term that is used in the state of Israel: ‘Judea and Samaria,'” concludes Glick.