Israel, US deploy religious rhetoric to counter pro-Palestinian statehood moves

With European nations poised to symbolically recognise Palestinian statehood, Israel and the United States have ramped up their religious rhetoric, which analysts say is heightening tensions and deepening divisions across the West and Middle East alike.
Meeting in Israel on Monday – while an emergency Arab-Islamic summit convened in Doha in response to Israel’s air strikes on Qatar – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio both emphasised their nations’…