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Religious Bias Is Distorting American Foreign Policy

The administration is imperiling the very minority communities it claims to want to protect.
Source: Amr Dalsh / Reuters

Among the many odd elements of President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. Embassy in Israel will move to Jerusalem is that it comes precipitously in advance of Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to region. The purpose of the trip was to with the plight of Christians in the Middle East, yet Christian leaders—including the Coptic Pope—are refusing to meet with Pence. What those leaders understand, which the Trump

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