Jerusalem Still Ground Zero in Middle East Tensions

PASADENA, CA -- 07/23/08 -- According to Mid-East scholar David Hulme, merely looking at Jerusalem today or even back to the 1967 war when Israel took control of Jerusalem does not provide a long enough view to settle the Jerusalem question. In the Vision.org article "Triumph and Tragedy in the Middle East," Dr. Hulme discusses the 60-year history of the State of Israel and the deep compassions that impede the development of the long-sought "cohesive and coherent" agreements between peoples claiming the same homeland. In a June speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, US Presidential candidate Barack Obama said he would work for peace with a Palestinian state alongside Israel and that, "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided." Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion... [read full story]