Revolution 2.0

Introduction The world long ago lost hope for a lasting peace in the Middle East. The frequent wars often had a religious basis, starting with the Romans in Judea, dramatically escalating the bitterness of the conflicts.  Donald Trump is on his way to establishing peace in that deeply dangerous hotspot, where three of the world’s most influential religions confront each other face-to-face.  That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode.  Continuing Modern history in the Middle East began with the final collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI. They had sided with the Kaiser, and the Ottomans suffered fatally when Germany lost. Post WWI, Jews began to immigrate, in small numbers, from various countries to their ancestral homeland, Palestine, then a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_for_Palestine (British Mandate) territory. After almost thirty years in control with some serious waffling about the right of Jews to come to Palestine, the British Mandate in Palestine ended in 1948. In 1