God forbid anyone should provoke Muslims in the Middle East!

SR,

You are a joke, first you accept the facts upon which I base my argument, then accuse me of baseless tripe. Here are the facts again, and you are free to point out any errors:

1 West Jerusalem has been part of Israel since 1948, is recognized as such by the international community.
2 West Jerusalem is not subject to any claims by the Palestinians.
3 All major arms of the government of Israel has been based in West Jerusalem since 1948.

Some more facts:

4 West Jerusalem has already been recognized as the capital of Israel by Russia in April, and now by the Czech republic.
5 The Palestinians have effectively refused to negotiate for more than a decade.
6 The US has had legislation passed for 2 decades to move the US embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem.

Foxy,

The condition of the Palestinians in East Jerusalem is not going to improve unless there is some negotiation. The unelected Palestinians leaders know that any hint of compromise is likely to lose them their comfy aide funded positions and are not likely to budge unless something changes, otherwise in 2067 we will be in exactly the same position.

Timing is everything in this game. Of course, one day, Jerusalem will be recognised as the capital of Israel. But now ? Why ? Is Trump deliberately trying to destroy any feeble moves towards rapprochement in the Middle East ? Not to mention his son-in-law's chances of ever being listened to in the region again. My God, what a moron.

What do you reckon the death toll might be by the end of this weekend ? And the next ?

Timing.

Two rockets fired into Israel from Palestine today. Something for the OLO Left wing thugs to cheer.

Dear Shadow Minister,

Foreign governments, in recognition of international
law have in turn refused to recognise Israel's
sovereignty over Jerusalem, unless or until the
city's status is decided through formal peace
negotiations. More than 150 nations including
Australia maintain their diplomatic missions in Tel
Aviv. None of them appear ready to follow Mr Trump's
decision

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ttbn,

If people's opinions on this forum that disagree
with yours bother you more than your capacity
to have civil discussions and you have to stoop
to calling people names then it is time for you
to re-evaluate your sense of morality.