Ben Shapiro: Why Jerusalem Matters — The Patriot Post

Ben Shapiro: Why Jerusalem Matters — The Patriot Post:
"This week, the Trump administration inaugurated the new American embassy in Jerusalem.
 The celebration in Israel was palpable; the embassy move came amidst the national celebration of the 70th anniversary of the creation of the state.
The streets filled with Jews of all sorts, cheering and dancing.
Meanwhile, on the Gaza border, Hamas broadened its monthlong campaign to break down the Israel border, staging border “protests” attended by thousands — including terrorists who have used the supposed protests as a staging point for violent attacks on Israeli troops and territory.
...What drives the leftist press’s coverage?
Simply put, antipathy to the West.
Israel is seen as an outpost of colonialism by leftists, and has been since the 1967 war.
Then-President Barack Obama expressed the view well in his 2009 speech in Cairo...
...If Israel exists because Jewish connection preexisted everything else, then Israel isn’t a new outpost of the West; it’s the oldest center of the West. 
That’s why Trump’s announcement is important: It’s a recognition that the West was founded on Jerusalem, rather than the other way around..."
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