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| Israel's Netanyahu Says US Embassy Should Be in Jerusalem |
| 2017-01-30 |
| [ABC] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the American embassy in Israel should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, injecting himself once again into a charged campaign trail promise of U.S. President Donald Trump. Netanyahu's comments at his weekly Cabinet meeting appeared aimed at countering reports that Israel was concerned about the fallout of such a move, which is vehemently opposed by the Palestinians and has sparked fears of a renewed outbreak of violence. It comes a day after Netanyahu unilaterally endorsed Trump's call to build a wall along the Mexican border, saying the Israeli model along its border with Egypt has proven successful "I would like to clarify unequivocally that our view has always been, and continues to be, that the United States' embassy should be here in Jerusalem," Netanyahu said. "Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and it is appropriate that not only the American embassy will be here but that all embassies will move here and I believe that in due course most will come here, to Jerusalem." Currently, nearly all foreign embassies are located in the coastal city of Tel Aviv because their countries have refrained from recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital until its status is resolved in future peace talks. Israel has long called for the embassies to be relocated but hasn't pushed hard for it given the widespread international opposition. But Trump's rise has emboldened Israel's nationalists. His campaign platform made no mention of a Palestinian state, a cornerstone of two decades of international diplomacy in the region, and he has signaled that he will be far more tolerant of Israeli settlement construction than his predecessors. |
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| #2 Sorry, The Wages of Sin is Death. |
| Posted by: Grins Snese4215 2017-01-30 22:05 |
| #1 As long as the Palestinian Authority gets no punishment for its misdeeds, they will continue. This would be a very mild punishment, but would shake the notion that whatever it does, including rejecting peace and insisting on everything and having 522 employees supporting terrorist families, and educating children to hate Jews and promoting attacks on them, only bring more demands on Israel. They must learn the Salvation Army slogan: the wages of sin are death, and the sooner they start learning it the better. |
| Posted by: Grins Snese4215 2017-01-30 21:58 |