Thread: President Trump Anticipated To Follow Through on 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act

It's such a good and bold decision. Takes a lot of guts and courage to make this move. I don't support it for the same reason as the evangelicals who are behind this. I support it because it's just common sense. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. US Embassies are located in the capital cities of nation states. There was no reason all these years to defy this or treat Israel any differently than we treat every other nation on the planet.

Moving our Embassy to Jerusalem doesn't have anything to do with the peace process because it doesn't have anything to do with the dispute. It's acknowledgement of a simple fact that a nation who is our ally, a nation recognized by the world, has their national government in Jerusalem which makes it their capital, we place embassies in the same cities where the nation has their government. This whole thing has been a contrived controversy and it is time for it to end. I do feel sorry for Tel Aviv because having our Embassy in their city certainly provides a great deal of economic support, but times change, problems and disputes get resolved and hopefully they'll find another economic income to support their city.

Also, it's entirely possible that this decision will actually aid the peace process, because it's now an issue removed from the debate. Palestine can have their national government in Jerusalem, too, if they want. There will be some contrived backlash, but it will pass, and everyone will be better off for it. This limbo all these decades has not been helpful, it's just been a sign of silly and weak leadership in past years.

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Why isn't Jerusalem recognized as the capital of Israel by some?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel

6 Answers




Ido Sarig, lived in Israel for many years
Updated Oct 18, 2015 · Upvoted by John Burgess, Former US diplomat with experience primarily in the Middle East

The 1947 UN Partition Plan for Palestine, which set the legal framework for the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine and the creation of a Jewish state (Israel) and an Arab state in that territory, carved out Jerusalem and some surrounding areas as a separate territory (Corpus Separatum), which will belong to neither the Jewish state nor the Arab state, and will be administered by the UN.

The plan was never implemented, due to the Arab states rejection of it, and the ensuing 1948-1949 war. In the course of that war, Israel captured the western part of the city, and Jordan the eastern part. Both countries subsequently annexed their respective parts of the city, and Israel made it its capital. Some nations (most notably the UK) refused to recognize these actions as valid, and retain the position that the area should be kept as a Corpus Separatum, per the original partition plan.

During the Six Day war, Israel captured the eastern part of the city, as well, and effectively annexed that part, too. In 1980, Israel passed a law that made the unified city the official capital - this caused significant international backlash, with the UN requesting that all countries which had previously recognized the western part of the City as the Israeli capital to move their embassies out of it.3.7k Views · 10 Upvotes





Sam Siddiqui, It's complicated
Answered Feb 6, 2015

Usually one of the requirements of a state capital is that it lies within your borders. Since Jerusalem is occupied by Israel, it is not recognised as the capital by any country. In fact, the United States Embassy in Jerusalem is the embassy it has for Palestine. And thats the closest ally that Israel has in the world. The US embassy for Israel is in Tel Aviv.

" United States policy on Jerusalem refers specifically to the geographic boundaries of the "City of Jerusalem" based on the UN's corpus separatumproposal. De jure, Jerusalem is part of the Palestine Mandate and has not been under sovereignty of any country since" Positions on Jerusalem





John Burgess, Former US diplomat with experience primarily in the Middle East
Answered Sep 5, 2012 · Upvoted by Marc Bodnick, Former Stanford PhD student in Politics

Because 'ownership' of Jerusalem is disputed. Two parties have legitimate claims to it. Rather than pick who gets it, many in the international community believe it is best that the two parties work out an arrangement that they can both live with.

By recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel or the capital of Palestine, negotiations are cut off by de facto recognition. The matter should be solved de jure.7.5k Views · 16 Upvotes





Ely Erlich, lives in Israel
Answered May 22

The Arab/muslim states are opposed to Israel’s existence, Jerusalem’s recognition is connected to Israel’s recognition, which is rejected by them and they bring their political and economic power to bear against all states that go against their position. Everything from Jerusalem to the ability to compete in international sports events, its all the same.




Avram Meitner, Supporter of Palestinian self-determination.
Answered Sep 6, 2012 · Upvoted by Marc Bodnick, Former Stanford PhD student in Politics

West Jerusalem is near universally recognised as Israeli territory, and East Jerusalem is near universally recognised as Palestinian territory.

Recognising Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel is as silly as recognising it as the undivided capital of Palestine.2k Views · 13 Upvotes





Jack Garbuz, former Technical Writer
Answered Jul 16


Originally Answered: Why don’t world leaders accept Jerusalem as the capital of Israel?

Because of the Muslim Arab claim to Jerusalem, and Muslim states outnumber the Jewish state by 56 to 1 in the UN.

https://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-Jerus...Israel-by-some

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