Pence arrives in Israel after being upbraided in Egypt and Jordan for White House policies in the Mi

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Pence arrives in Israel after being upbraided in Egypt and Jordan for White House policies in the Middle East
Brian Bennett, Tracy Wilkinson

Vice President Mike Pence arrived on relatively friendly territory in Israel late Sunday after the leaders of Egypt and Jordan, two of the America’s closest Arab allies, publicly rebuked him for the Trump administration’s upending of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

A day after he heard pointed complaints from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi in Cairo, Pence underwent a firm but polite tongue-lashing from Jordan’s King Abdullah II over President Trump’s abrupt declaration last month that the U.S. would recognize Jerusalem the capital of Israel, a decision that has roiled the region.

Meeting in a royal palace on a hilltop in Amman, Jordan, the king told Pence he had warned the White House about the danger of recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital outside of a negotiated agreement since Palestinians also claim the divided city as their capital in a future independent state.

Read more at: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-fg-pence-jerusalem-20180121-story.html

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The job of VP is sometimes thankless.

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