U.S. envoys wielded hammers on Sunday to break open a new tunnel at a Jewish her...
JERUSALEM - U.S. envoys wielded hammers on Sunday to break open a new tunnel at a Jewish heritage site in East Jerusalem, signaling Washington’s support for Israel’s hold over parts of the city that Palestinians seek for a future state.
Two of President Donald Trump’s top Middle East advisers - peace envoy Jason Greenblatt and Ambassador to Israel David Friedman - came to the opening of an excavated road that Israeli archaeologists say was used by Jewish pilgrims to Jerusalem two millennia ago. “Some people, not necessarily friends of ours, are obsessing about my being here,” Friedman said at the ceremony, adding the excavation project uncovered “the truth, whether you believe or not ... the truth is the only foundation upon which peace will come to this area”.
The project is co-sponsored by a Jewish settlement group and Israel’s Antiquities and Nature and Parks authorities.Breaking with long-standing U.S. policy and international consensus, U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December 2017.Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have been stalled since 2014 and the future of Jerusalem has long been at the center of the Middle East conflict.
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