The Year of the Rooster Review

Trump reckless to play with a match on a powder keg

The Middle East peace process was put in doubt when US President Donald Trump declared the US would recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and move its embassy there. We commented in our editorial:

Trump has received warnings of the dire consequences that will result from carrying out the relocation from around the world. If he chooses to disregard this wise counsel, he will not only be going back on his words to Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas about his commitment to facilitating an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, he will effectively upend that policy and open a Pandora's box of turmoil in the region that experience suggests will be felt worldwide.