Tagarchieven: the horoscope of Israel

Israel’s relationship with both the US and Great Britain has been very strained of late. Israel’s plans to build homes in East Jerusalem were approved during Joe Biden’s recent visit to the country.Washington took this as a direct insult. It was against this backdrop, that Benjamin Netanyahu’s visited Washington this week. The US dispensed with the customary welcome afforded to such important visitors, there was no press conference, no lavish welcome and no picture of the meeting. For Israel – Jerusalem is its ancient capital – the US on the other hand, rightly recognise that the building of homes for new settlers on Palestinian territory will … Lees verder →