“Contrary to longstanding State Department apprehension about an embassy relocation, doing so at this time would quench our allies’ thirst for an American re-commitment to leading in the Middle East”

DAILY CALLER
American Re-Commitment: Why The Time Is Ripe For A Jerusalem Embassy
by Andrew Lappin
March 31, 2017

Today, Israel and the Arab regimes that remain standing have been herded together in a loosely confederated cooperative against radical Islam. This is not to say that they will embrace such an alliance publicly anytime soon, but Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf states appreciate Israel’s deterrent capability. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has welcomed Israeli military support against the emerging threat posed by Hamas and Islamic State in the Sinai Peninsula. The last thing that Sunni sovereigns want is a failed Palestinian state. READ MORE

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