Trump and Jerusalem: much ado about nothing

In practical terms, the US recognises only West Jerusalem as Israel's capital - and does not reject any plan to turn Arab East Jerusalem into the capital of a future Palestinian Arab State

Published Mon, Dec 11, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Washington

ONCE again, the mainstream media have reacted with all-too-familiar hysteria to a political move by President Donald Trump, this time to his announcement last week that the United States was reversing 70 years of American policy by officially recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital and that it would eventually relocate the US Embassy from Tel-Aviv to, well, Israel's capital, Jerusalem.

With Vice-President Mike Pence standing behind his right shoulder, President Trump then signed a proclamation recognising Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish State.

The decision, we are now being told by the dumbfounded pundits, would mark the final collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian peace proc…

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