RESPECTING THE SANCTITY OF JERUSALEM’S RELIGIONS CAN DELIVER PEACE, DESOPITE CITY’S BLOODY HISTORY
January 3rd, 2021
THE ACCESSION to power of President Joe Biden has sparked speculation that the recent shift in USA policy towards Israel and the Palestinian Territories pushed by his predecessor Donald Trump may be over.
Regardless of the justified criticism of Trump’s ethics and unpredictable governing style, the fact remains that his administration moved the needle in the Middle East.
The USA recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital; accepted its past annexation of the Golan Heights; and then brokered peace deals between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates, ...
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