There are few more politicised places in the world than Jerusalem. The time I spent there was relatively peaceable but 'peace in Jerusalem', despite its Biblical pedigree, seems almost a contradiction in terms.
Mr Trump had visited Israel not long before I was there. In the UK our Prime Minister invited him to visit almost before he sat down in the Oval office but later reflection has led to some pause as to the wisdom and timing of such a visit. Outside the USA - and in several parts inside the USA - this poster would not have survived a night, never mind several weeks. In several parts of Jerusalem it wouldn't have survived ten minutes. Yet on this and several nearby boulevards it and its cousins hung undisturbed long after Mr Trump had departed West.
Such is the black and white politics of modern Israel.
Will true peace ever come?
By one measure Jerusalem had its chance and blew it.
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!"
But the same Book that tells me of that missed opportunity, tells me that the King of Jerusalem will return one day and, following the End, peace will be the everlasting state of affairs.
Make Jesus Great Again.
Such is the black and white politics of modern Israel.
Will true peace ever come?
By one measure Jerusalem had its chance and blew it.
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!"
But the same Book that tells me of that missed opportunity, tells me that the King of Jerusalem will return one day and, following the End, peace will be the everlasting state of affairs.
Make Jesus Great Again.
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