And while it is quite true that Jordanian forces desecrated some Jewish cemeteries in East Jerusalem, Israel, unfortunately, did the same to Muslim grave sites . The refusal of the international community to recognize Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem is not holding Israel to "a different standard." Would it include the West Bank and the Golan Heights, two regions that every nation and the United Nations recognize as occupied territories? U.N. Security Council resolutions have the effect of binding international law upon U.N. member states, of which Israel is one. Well, that's not exactly how it works in our world and in the realm of international law.

Source: CNN July 13, 2016 20:48 UTC