HE CAME UP TRUMPS! (revised)

President Donald Trump’s miraculous intervention in Israel’s lone fight to rid the world of the threat of Iran’s nuclear capabilities reminded me of a previous blog. President Trump’s declaration of the recognition of Jerusalem , in 2017, as the Jew’s eternal capital was an unprecedented move and, unfortunately, not followed up by our other so-called Western allies. Jerusalem has always been considered the eternal capital of the Jewish people. It is mentioned more than 600 times in the Hebrew Bible and has more synagogues per capita than any city in the world. Religious Jews all over the world have always prayed three times a day, facing Jerusalem. In Israel today, everyone has complete freedom of worship. It is the only city in which some 15 different Christian communities live alongside one another. Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives is home to 150,000 Jewish graves dating back to the 1400’s. During the Jordanian occupation of Jerusalem, Jews were not al...