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.”
“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:
And that’s how the NYT described Trumps address at the RJC:
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.
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?