It doesn’t help that his bunch of evangelical Christian advisers from the rural Bible Belt seem convinced that Jerusalem is the right of the Jews. As anger festers and grows, memories of my pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 2005 came flooding back. At checkpoints, I saw how many Palestinians, including those with babies, were sometimes made to wait for hours under the scorching sun while their documents were checked. This is how Christians and Muslims have co-existed for centuries in Jerusalem. He has alienated almost the entire UN, the world, both Muslims and Christians, and especially the Palestinians, who are most affected.

Source: The Star December 23, 2017 23:48 UTC