Jerusalem Celebrates Hanukkah 2017 with the Islamic Conference Fizzling Out in Istanbul

Jerusalem celebrates Hanukkah 2017 while twenty-two leaders in the Islamic world are gathering in Istanbul in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The emergency gathering under the auspices of the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference produced just a pathetic fizzle out instead of explosion called by fiery Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stomping out Atatürk’s heritage of modern secular Turkey.