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On Jerusalem Day – avoid triumphalism

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Published: 23 May 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Stop dancing in the end zone – Sally Abrams – The Times of Israel 21.05.17
50 years have passed since Lt. Gen. Motta Gur proclaimed: ‘Har HaBayit B’Yadeinu’ (‘The Temple Mount is in our hands’). Let’s celebrate that. But march through the Muslim Quarter of the Old City? No.

And see: A better solution for Jerusalem – Kobi Richter – Ynetnews 20.05.17
Trump could keep his promise to move the US embassy without declaring that Jerusalem is Israel’s united capital: a US embassy for Israel in West Jerusalem and a US embassy for Palestine in East Jerusalem.

Related: Ahead of Jerusalem Day on 23 May

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