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Trump moves US Embassy In Israel to Jerusalem…Violence ensues…

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No American President has made this symbolic move ….

Donald Trump is doing this is crossing a line with Palestinians…

While this is a giving him ‘props’ in Israel?

It is restarting the violence that past American President’s has sought to avoid in the region…..

The United States will delight Israel and infuriate Palestinians today at 9 a.m. ET with the dedication of an interim embassy in Jerusalem, officially marking the move from Tel Aviv.

Why it matters: President Trump’s decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem is a huge milestone in U.S.-Israeli relations. Even if Trump does nothing else until the end of his term regarding Israel, he has already gotten himself into the history books.

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  • The U.S. celebrations around the opening of the embassy — both yesterday and today — are far from bipartisan. The congressional delegation to the event — four senators and 10 members of the House — is all Republican.
  • The only people who are not in government who got front row seats at the reception at the Israeli foreign ministry yesterday were Republican megadonors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson.
  • Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have been lavished with attention from Israeli politicians — mainly Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who spoke about them in length during two of his speeches yesterday.

What actually happens: The moving is mostly symbolic. The only U.S. officials who are actually moving at this time from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem are Ambassador David Friedman and four members of his staff.

  • But this is the beginning of a process, and the embassy plans to grow in the next year.
  • It will take several years to build the permanent embassy in Jerusalem. Until then, most U.S. diplomats will continue working from Tel Aviv.

The embassy opening is also overshadowed by mass demonstrations in the Gaza strip and the West bank….

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At least 41 Palestinians have been killed and 1,800 wounded by Israeli troops in clashes on the Gaza border, Palestinian officials say.

The violence came as the US opened its embassy in Jerusalem, a controversial move that has infuriated Palestinians.

They see it as clear US backing for Israeli rule over the whole city, whose eastern part Palestinians lay claim to.

President Donald Trump told the opening ceremony via videolink the Jerusalem move had been a “long time coming”.

He said: “Israel is a sovereign nation with the right to determine its own capital, but for many years we failed to recognise the obvious.”

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Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem is not recognised internationally and, according to the 1993 Israel-Palestinian peace accords, the final status of Jerusalem is meant to be discussed in the latter stages of peace talks.

Israel has occupied East Jerusalem since the 1967 Middle East war. It effectively annexed the sector, though this was not recognised by any countries until Mr Trump’s declaration in December 2017….

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      • Donald Trump has probably buried ANY chance of Peace in the region….

        The city is the home base for most the planets major regions…..

        THAT is part of ALL of this….

        This seems to be a straight ‘give’ to Israel….

        BTW?

        Israel IS working behind the scene to make inroads to relationships with anti-Iran Arab countries……

      • Israel picks their capital, just like we pick ours. They are the only opinion that matters.

        I am glad the United States recognizes their right to do so however, as every President, of both parties, has previously said they do.

        • The AmericanPresident’s of BOTH. Parties have held the teconoitin as a playing card against the Israeli’s
          Trump has thumbed his finger at the Arabs in his typical ‘I don’t give a fuck’ policy
          Obama spend 8 years trying to clean up after Bush II Made a shambel of things
          The next Democratic President will have to do
          The same …
          Across the planet

          • You can have your opinion and others can have theirs. I do not think you have proven yourself to be an overly serious person.

            • If you’re looking for a forceful, or even nuanced, response to the Trump administration’s provocation, though, you won’t get it from Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

              “In a long overdue move, we have moved our embassy to Jerusalem,” Schumer said in a statement Monday morning. “Every nation should have the right to choose its capital. I sponsored legislation to do this two decades ago, and I applaud President Trump for doing it.” This is Schumer’s long-held position, though one might have expected a caveat or two on a tragic day partially sparked by an extremely controversial decision…..

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              • Chuck Schumer is right and I doubt Trump would have acted on this unless he was prodded by his old friend Chuck Schumer to do so.

                Is there still room for Chuck Schumer and those who share his beliefs in his party?

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