mo4ch:>History or disgrace? US envoy smashes wall with SLEDGEHAMMER at archeology event under E. Jerusalem | Mo4ch News

Palestinians have fiercely criticized the symbolism behind US ambassador’s sledgehammer swinging as an endorsement of occupation and colonial practices, while the Israelis argue that history and archeology speak for themselves.Several prominent US figures participated in the unveiling of the 2,000-year-old archeological site known as Pilgrims’ Road right next to Temple Mount, with Palestinians furious over the idea of Americans hammering beneath their homes in East Jerusalem’s neighborhood of Silwan.Footage of ambassador David Friedman symbolically breaking down the final wall, accompanied by Mideast negotiator Jason Greenblatt, was called a “disgrace” to US diplomacy by Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Saeb Erekat, who compared the American delegation with “extremist fanatic Israeli settlers.”The Greenblatt and Freedman are doing everything that would bring prosperity to the apartheid colonial settlement.The Palestinian Foreign Ministry slammed the ceremony…