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Pence finds few allies on tour of the Middle East
A Palestinian man beats a picture of US Vice-President Mike Pence with a shoe

US Vice-President Mike Pence returned home from his three-nation Middle East tour yesterday, basking in plaudits from Israel’s most ardent advocates of colonial expansion.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave Pence the red carpet treatment, with visits to the Yad Vashem memorial to the Holocaust and the al-Buraq Wall of the al-Aqsa Mosque, which Israel calls the Western Wall, in occupied east Jerusalem where he declared himself “inspired” after praying there.

He was also invited to address the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, to talk about the closeness of US-Israeli relations and plans for peace talks with the Palestinians, receiving a standing ovation from most MKs.

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