For Obama, trip is a chance to repair relations with disappointed Israelis
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Clifford Armion
le 18/03/2013
Activer le mode zenScott Wilson
Among the landmarks the Israeli government asked President Obama to visit during his trip to Jerusalem this week is the hilltop tomb of Theodor Herzl, the chief theoretician of Zionism, who died decades before his fears of growing anti-Semitism were borne out by the Holocaust.The site’s symbolic weight has prompted other foreign leaders to avoid it. But Obama agreed — part of a series of carefully considered moves aimed at repairing relations with America’s primary Middle East ally.
For many Israelis, Herzl’s grave represents an ancient Jewish claim, rather than one rooted in the Holocaust, to the slice of land that comprises their modern state.
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For Obama, trip is a chance to repair relations with disappointed Israelis, La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), mars 2013. Consulté le 04/11/2025. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/for-obama-trip-is-a-chance-to-repair-relations-with-disappointed-israelis