U.S., foreign officials warn Trump not to call Jerusalem Israel's capital

[Jingthing]

Oh sheit, here we go, the troll president has done it again. Pretty insane!

 

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Palestinians say Trump told Abbas he intends to move US embassy to Jerusalem

 

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/05/politics/trump-abbas-us-embassy-jerusalem/index.html?adkey=bn

 

[dave_boo]

Can it be pointed out that the Wafq is Jordanian?

 

For all their claims of wanting to be an independent state, which hasn't ever been a historical fact, and that they receive 2.5 Billion USD in aid they sure don't seem interested in maintaining the "third most holy site".

[notmyself]

He's done it..... dam n.

[Jingthing]

It seems to me that this move makes Americans abroad everywhere less safe. There are already travel warnings about that in Israel / Palestine. 

And for what? What's gained from this? I don't see anything. 

[digger70]

17 hours ago, Briggsy said:

Clearly you need a history lesson.

 

Please state which countries recognise a unified Jerusalem as either the capital of Israel or indeed, part of Israel.

  There  you are Sherlock ,,,,Happy now?           

[Morch]

9 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

It seems to me that this move makes Americans abroad everywhere less safe. There are already travel warnings about that in Israel / Palestine. 

And for what? What's gained from this? I don't see anything. 

 

Yes, definitely not a great development as far as Americans abroad are concerned. Guess US embassies will ramp up security for the near future.

 

As for what's gained...unless there are some covert understandings with some of the key players, hard to see the point. On this score, while international responses were negative. as expected (and rightly so) - they haven been relatively low key. Of course this could change in a blink of an eye, but I think previous instances over similar issues flared up faster. That's also related to relevant players facing other issues at this time.

 

Whether this is just Trump getting mentally stuck on something, or if there's an actual plan at work is hard to tell, given that such a hypothetical plan doesn't seem all that bright.

[Morch]

18 minutes ago, digger70 said:

  There  you are Sherlock ,,,,Happy now?           

 

 

May want to consult this:

 

Positions on Jerusalem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positions_on_Jerusalem

 

[digger70]

6 hours ago, Morch said:

 

 

May want to consult this:

 

Positions on Jerusalem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positions_on_Jerusalem

 

Yea I did  see that before,now you can see on that how many countries are Willing to agree and want Jerusalem to be the Capital

[Morch]

1 minute ago, digger70 said:

Yea I did  see that before,now you can see on that how many countries are Willing to agree and want Jerusalem to be the Capital

 

Guess we're reading different links.

[digger70]

Just now, Morch said:

 

Guess we're reading different links.

Nah Same  scroll down to about  halve way to where it starts ,,,Other countries,,

[Morch]

2 minutes ago, digger70 said:

Nah Same  scroll down to about  halve way to where it starts ,,,Other countries,,

 

Most of the related statements quoted do not express full support for Israel's position. I believe none of them countries got their embassies in Jerusalem.

[digger70]

Just now, Morch said:

 

Most of the related statements quoted do not express full support for Israel's position. I believe none of them countries got their embassies in Jerusalem.

Who cares? It wasn't about that wasn't it it was about countries Saying and/supporting Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel,,,Israel stated Jerusalem as the Capital,That's good enough for me. Maybe that's why DT says it too.  

[Morch]

11 minutes ago, digger70 said:

Who cares? It wasn't about that wasn't it it was about countries Saying and/supporting Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel,,,Israel stated Jerusalem as the Capital,That's good enough for me. Maybe that's why DT says it too.  

 

There is no country on the list that equivocally supports Israel's take. "Who cares?" is pretty much Trump and Trump supporters take on facts.

[notmyself]

14 hours ago, Morch said:

 "Who cares?" is pretty much Trump and Trump supporters take on facts.