Commentary The Biden State Department is seeking to create a consulate in Jerusalem that would serve only “Palestinians.” There are two possible explanations. One, the Biden administration has forgotten several thousand years of history. Two, they are aware of that history, but aim to sever the connection of the Jewish people to their ancient capital today. It increasingly seems both explanations are plausible. The Christian world recently celebrated the birth of Jesus in the small town of Bethlehem, or Bet-Lehem, meaning “House of Bread” in Hebrew. Joseph and Mary were only there because the Roman colonialist governor had ordered a census of the Jews in Judea. Jesus was raised in Nazareth, Natzeret in Hebrew, meaning “offspring” or “sprout.” Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of a second ancient Jewish synagogue in Migdal, a town close to Nazareth. Migdal was the place of origin of a woman famous in Christian scripture: Mary …