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Israeli gov’t doesn’t really want US to move embassy to Jerusalem — Foxman

The opposition to Donald Trump’s promise to move the US embassy to Jerusalem continues to mount. In the Hill, scholar Tareq Baconi of al-Shabaka characterizes it as “a dangerous and irresponsible provocation that contravenes longstanding U.S. policy.”

And speaking two days ago at an Israeli security conference, longtime Israel supporter Abe Foxman said that the move would be a blow to peace efforts:  “it’s problematic,because it may undo some of the progress we’re all been hoping for.” And the Israeli government doesn’t care about it anyway, but it won’t say so publicly. Minute 15:

This is one of these political boxes you’re in. Listen, I’ve been here a couple of days. The Israeli government– this is not a number one, number two, number three– it’s not even a number eight priority. But no Israeli will publicly say that Jerusalem is not important or you shouldn’t move it. This is where the Trump administration, maybe because of the whisper of some Jews, believed every time you guys say Jerusalem, is Jerusalem–  It is problematic because it may undo some of the progress we’re all  hoping for.

Last year, Foxman also said the move was problematic, but said that Trump should move the embassy “gradually.”

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“The opposition to Donald Trump’s promise to move the US embassy to Jerusalem continues to mount…”

Trump promised, and if he doesn’t do it, he’s let down Israel.
Taken something away from them, and we owe them something for it.
What a negotiator!

RE: The opposition to Donald Trump’s promise to move the US embassy to Jerusalem continues to mount. In the Hill, scholar Tareq Baconi of al-Shabaka characterizes it as “a dangerous and irresponsible provocation that contravenes longstanding U.S. policy.” ~ Weiss

THE U.S. SENATE BEGS TO DIFFER: The World’s Most Deliberative Body™ (LOL) decided in 1995 by a vote of 95 to 3 (with 76 cosponsors) that the embassy SHOULD be moved to Jerusalem (by May 31, 1999)!*
The World’s Most Deliberative Body (LOL) certainly wouldn’t have voted this way just for the campaign contributions, and anyone who says otherwise is a Jew-hating anti-Semite!
Consequently, the World’s Most Deliberative Body (LOL) has decided this matter.
End of story!

* Jerusalem Embassy Act – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_Embassy_Act

The “whisper of some Jews” – as Abe Foxman puts it:

Hear the ZoA – a member organization of the Conference of Presidents describes the whisper:

ZOA Concerned: Trump Refused to State Jerusalem is Undivided Capital of Israel

… “Do The Right Thing”: The fact that President Obama and other past presidents have ignored (waived) the requirements of the Jerusalem Embassy Act has been a constant source of friction and outrage. Donald Trump often speaks about “doing tbe right thing” in other contexts. If elected president, Mr. Trump needs to do the right thing here. Mr. Trump should pledge to recognize undivided Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move our U.S. embassy to Jerusalem – as several other presidential candidates have already pledged to promptly do if they are elected (including Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Marco Rubio, Governor Mike Huckabee, Governor Jeb Bush, Governor George Pataki – we apologize to any candidate inadvertently left off this list).

http://zoa.org/2015/12/10306180-zoa-concerned-trump-refused-to-state-jerusalem-is-undivided-capital-of-israel/

And that’s how the NYT described Trumps address at the RJC:

Boos Overtake Laughs as Donald Trump Stumbles on Jerusalem Before G.O.P. Jews

… Matthew Brooks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, raised the subject with Mr. Trump and questioned his commitment to Jerusalem as the undivided Israeli capital.

Mr. Trump avoided answering the question, saying instead that he would be visiting Israel in the coming weeks and would meet there with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “You know what I want to do? I want to wait till I meet with Bibi,” he said, but a chorus of boos erupted from the audience. …

So, the lobby put out a stick, and Trump changed his stance and promised to move the embassy. As it turns out the stick was fake, a bluff, and now it’s become Trump’s stick. Netanyahu will come under pressure from his own fake stick.

Everytime Trump says he’ll move the embassy because Israel wants it so much, the lobby will get more and more panic. And Netanyahu is fluttering, because saying the truth, that Israel didn’t and doesn’t want the US to move the embassy to Jerusalem will expose him and the lobby as the dishonest liar they always were.

… no Israeli will publicly say that Jerusalem is not important or you shouldn’t move it. This is where the Trump administration, maybe because of the whisper of some Jews, believed every time you guys say Jerusalem, is Jerusalem …

The “whisper of some Jews” smacks mightily of anti-Semitism and maybe even “Jew hatred”.

“it’s problematic, because it may undo some of the progress we’re all been hoping for.” — Foxman above.

How can something hoped for be undone? Zionist speak? Hasbalogic? Hasbara culture? Or just nuanced thinking?