Like all the best historical narratives, “Oslo” shows the intense fragility and contingency of human affairs

President Donald Trump began his two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories with a private visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and Western Wall.

The prisoners are seeking an improvement in their prison conditions and an end to administrative detention.

The plight of Palestinians uprooted by Israeli-Arab wars is one of the world's longest-running refugee crises, and a solution for millions of refugees and their descendants appears distant.

"Such a law undermines the two-state solution, further eliminating hopes of peace," the patriarchate said.

The move was the first concrete attempt to counter the contentious measure of West Bank settlements.