I arrived here last week on the Palestinian group Hamas’ third “day of rage.” President Trump’s announcement recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was still reverberating throughout the region yet in the epicentre of it all there was not an intifada in sight.
At a certain point following Friday’s prayers, journalists near the Damascus Gate outnumbered the protesters “three-to-one,” according to The Atlantic. And this was despite the very best efforts at provoking unrest by the terrorist agitators of Hamas, Hezbollah and their Iranian suitors.
The unexpected calm was in defiance of those using the Palestinian cause to put their own hegemonic aspirations in hyperdrive.
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan had the audacity to appeal to the sacredness of Jerusalem for Christians even while his government imprisons pastors, confiscates ancient Christian property, and continues to threaten to convert the Hagia Sophia, a historic church, into a mosque.
Erdogan and his terrorist friends are very happy to use the Palestinians in pursuit of their own aims.
Yet, in Jerusalem, Palestinians were not taking the bait. It isn’t that they were happy about the United States’ decision. It’s just that many Palestinians are tired of being used as pawns.
They just want peace, and they want a brighter future. Some even appreciate the stability, security, rule of law, and prosperity brought to the city because of the democratic ideals of the State of Israel.
Read the article by Johnnie Moore in Sight Magazine.