Leading evangelicals in push to have President Trump recognize Israeli sovereignty over ‘biblical heartland’

U.S.ambassadortoIsraelnomineeMikeHuckabeediscussesHamas’releaseoffourdeceasedIsraelihostagesandthefutureofMiddleEastnegotiationson‘America’sNewsroom.’ TELAVIV,Israel–Lastweek,aninfluentialgroupofAmericanChristianspubliclyreaffirmedtheJewishpeople’srighttoJudeaandSamariaasthebiblicalheartlandofIsrael.TheJudeaandSamariaareaismorecommonlyknownastheWestBank. ThedeclarationwasunveiledattheannualNationalReligiousBroadcastersConventioninDallasbyAmericanChristianLeadersforIsraelandwasexpectedtobesignedby3,000religiousleadersbeforebeingdeliveredtoPresidentDonaldTrump.  ThepushtoapplyIsraelisovereigntytotheareacomesafterTrumpsaidlastmonththathisadministrationwouldmakeanannouncementonthematterinthecomingweekswhenaskedaboutannexation. TheOsloAccords,forgedundertheClintonadministration,dividedtheWestBankintothreeregions:AreaA,underfullPalestinianjurisdiction;AreaB,underPalestin