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Recently this news is being flashed all over the media. This decision by US(or Trump) is being highly discussed on various media platforms and will be discussed for a fair amount of time in future. Some very interesting things are highlighted like Trump being mentally unstable. Most of the world leaders criticized the decision. So what's my take on this event.
Well, I think there is nothing new in US supporting Israel. All the preceding presidents have supported Israel one way or the other. What makes this more intriguing is why would Trump go for this knowing for sure that this going to spark protest in different forms. I think T doesn't care much about the criticism considering his actions since the time he has been in office. Jerusalem Embassy Act was passed in 1995 by the US Congress in which it was stated that Jerusalem should be recognized as capital of Israel. But President could sign waiver to stall the relocation of the embassy. So all Presidents before Trump used that waiver. Trump has just fulfilled a promise made by him during his campaign. Many of the evangelical Christians voted him for this promise. And they are happy now.
The idea from the Israel side has been pushed for long. The first memo to move the embassy was written in 1982 by then US ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk. Menachem Begin was in power at that time. One of the soldiers in making of Israel and former leader of the militant group Irgun.
The Palestinians are more or less powerless on this issue. But things might turn sour. Who knows.
REFERENCES
1.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trumps-jerusalem-move-is-a-major-risk/2017/12/06/a63379e4-daae-11e7-b1a8-62589434a581_story.html?utm_term=.090e390834a9
2.https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.769498
3.http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/06/opinions/jerusalem-trump-campaign-promise-stewart-opinion/index.html
Recently this news is being flashed all over the media. This decision by US(or Trump) is being highly discussed on various media platforms and will be discussed for a fair amount of time in future. Some very interesting things are highlighted like Trump being mentally unstable. Most of the world leaders criticized the decision. So what's my take on this event.
Well, I think there is nothing new in US supporting Israel. All the preceding presidents have supported Israel one way or the other. What makes this more intriguing is why would Trump go for this knowing for sure that this going to spark protest in different forms. I think T doesn't care much about the criticism considering his actions since the time he has been in office. Jerusalem Embassy Act was passed in 1995 by the US Congress in which it was stated that Jerusalem should be recognized as capital of Israel. But President could sign waiver to stall the relocation of the embassy. So all Presidents before Trump used that waiver. Trump has just fulfilled a promise made by him during his campaign. Many of the evangelical Christians voted him for this promise. And they are happy now.
The idea from the Israel side has been pushed for long. The first memo to move the embassy was written in 1982 by then US ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk. Menachem Begin was in power at that time. One of the soldiers in making of Israel and former leader of the militant group Irgun.
The Palestinians are more or less powerless on this issue. But things might turn sour. Who knows.
REFERENCES
1.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trumps-jerusalem-move-is-a-major-risk/2017/12/06/a63379e4-daae-11e7-b1a8-62589434a581_story.html?utm_term=.090e390834a9
2.https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.769498
3.http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/06/opinions/jerusalem-trump-campaign-promise-stewart-opinion/index.html
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