In a recent by-election in Australia the Prime Minister expressed that he was considering moving Australia’s embassy to West Jerusalem, which is undisputed territory, prompting a huge outcry from the usual quarters who predicted all kinds of violence and war should he do so, much like they said about the USA’s move.

Of course East Jerusalem was brought out again as a carnard. Never mind that East Jerusalem was the Jewish quarter for millennia until Jordanian Arab forces brutally occupied and ethnically cleansed it in 1948, turned its 58 ancient synagogues into rubble, desecrated the ancient Jewish cemetery, and colonised it with its Arab population. Jordan annexed East Jerusalem (along with the West Bank, which was Israeli territory until then), an occupation recognised by only three countries – the UK, Iraq and Pakistan.

The appointed Jordanian Governor of East Jerusalem, Abdullah El-Tell, stated at the time, “For the first time in over a thousand years, not a single Jew remains in the Jewish Quarter. Not a single building remains intact. This makes the Jews return here impossible.”

Israel retook its territory nineteen years later, in the Six Day War in 1967. Now the world cries out that Israel is the occupying force in East Jerusalem, in effect supporting ethnic cleansing of Jews and destruction of their heritage and culture again.