America’s assault on Israel’s sovereignty

Caroline Glick’s latest column summarizes America’s not-so-subtle attempt to divide Jerusalem:

Forty-three years after the Jewish people liberated Jerusalem, our capital has never been under greater assault. But it has also never been more energetically defended by an indignant Jewish people—in Israel and throughout the world.Last week, Makor Rishon reported that U.S. diplomats have been “showing interest” in all Jewish construction plans in the capital. Ambassador James Cunningham and Jerusalem Consul-General Daniel Rubinstein have met repeatedly with relevant government ministers to express U.S. opposition to all construction in Jewish neighborhoods built since 1967. Bowing to this shocking U.S. assault on Israel’s sovereignty, the government reportedly canceled construction plans that had already been approved for 2,500 apartments in Ramot, Pisgat Ze’ev, Neveh Ya’acov, Gilo and Har Homa.The U.S. is also demanding that Israel take no action against illegal Arab construction in the capital. That is, the U.S. is acting to undermine the rule of law in Israel twice. First, it seeks to deny Jewish Jerusalemites their property rights, and second, it calls for Israel not to enforce its laws against Arab criminals.

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