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| Round up of responses to President Trump’s Jerusalem announcement | |||
| 2017-12-07 | |||
Additional nations said to consider moving embassies to Jerusalem [IsraelTimes] As Trump prepares to recognize capital, Philippines and an unnamed Eastern European country among states that reportedly contact Foreign Ministry to discuss issue Czech Republic recognizes pre-1967 Jerusalem as capital of Israel [IsraelTimes] Moving embassy from Tel Aviv will only be done after negotiations with regional and global powers, says Prague foreign ministry After Jerusalem recognition, Trump signs waiver delaying embassy move [IsraelTimes] US president renews 6 month deferment of diplomatic mission's relocation, but has instructed State Department to begin preparations. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said work on moving the embassy would start immediately. However the move could take years to actually complete. UN Security Council to hold emergency session on Jerusalem [IsraelTimes] Friday meeting, at the request of 8 nations, will deal with Trump's globally panned decision to recognize city as Israeli capital. Bolivia, Britain, Egypt, France, Italy, Senegal, Sweden and Uruguay requested the talks. They have also asked UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to open the meeting with remarks. After Trump’s announcement, Guterres said Jerusalem’s final status could only be resolved through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. #11 UN Security Council to hold emergency session on Jerusalem | Excellent. Use the emergency session to announce our withdrawal from the Useless Nations, our confiscation of the land currently occupied by the UN, and the eviction of all UN diplomats and foreign staff. All effective immediately.
Posted by: Dave D.
2017-12-07 18:39
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| #10 Ain't fracking great! |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-12-07 09:37 |
| #9 Italy is hammered by Tuns/Lib/Alg immigrant outflow. Their's are raw and unsettled on their way to France, et. al. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-12-07 08:55 |
| #8 p.s. Reform Jewish Movement: Concerned About White House Jerusalem Announcement |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-12-07 04:04 |
| #7 I don't think it's entirely fair, Seeking. (i) Italy is Catholic the way Britain is Anglican. (ii) Historically, the Church wasn't particularly anti-Semitic - not exactly philosemitic, but it didn't go out of it's way to make trouble for the Jews. (iii) On the other hand, under the current managment, Catholic Church hates Trump, and everything he stands for... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-12-07 04:02 |
| #6 Grom, Italy is a catholic country. The catholic church traditionally has been anti-Jew. Sweden is now a Muslim country. |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-12-07 03:24 |
| #5 The Brits, the French and the Swedes all have large, unassimilated and excitable Muslim populations who are becoming quite problematic. No idea what is up with the Italians. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-12-07 03:13 |
| #4 And what about Uruguay? They got into the World Cup next summer (easy three games in Group A, I might add), so they should be happy about that and STFU here. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-12-07 02:47 |
| #3 MASKED YOUTHS THROW MOLOTOV COCKTAILS IN EAST JERUSALEM |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-12-07 02:37 |
| #2 What is best in life? To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you and to hear the womanly lamentations of their UN reps. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-12-07 02:27 |
| #1 Britain, Egypt, France, Italy, Senegal, Sweden I understand Egypt & Senegal, I can even understand the Brits - who are sore loosers - and the French - who are, ahem, French - but what |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-12-07 02:09 |