[LeatherTrumpet]

• Neither Trump nor Vice President Mike Pence were in Israel for the opening
• Trump promised he would relocate the embassy from Tel Aviv and recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel as a candidate
• Followed through on the campaign promise in December and moved quickly to outfit the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem to serve as a temporary embassy
• Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were part of a delegation of senior officials that included Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin that made the trip
• Ivanka unveiled the embassy's seal and offered an official welcome
• Kushner said in rare remarks: 'The United States is ready to support a peace agreement in every way that we can'
• Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said Trump had made history and declared: We are in Jerusalem and we are here to stay'

Donald Trump said it would be 'a great day for Israel' on Monday as the U.S. embassy prepared to open in Israel.

'We extend a hand in friendship to Israel, the Palestinians and to all of their neighbors,' Trump said in a video address.

Neither Trump nor Vice President Mike Pence were there see the realization of their campaign promise that they would relocate the embassy from Tel Aviv and recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Pence is headlining a celebratory event at the Israeli embassy in Washington, instead.

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, both White House advisers, were part of a delegation of senior officials that included Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin that made the trip.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-protests.html

Making her father proud on this historic day

[Tom4784]

It's an incendiary move and a poorly thought out one, It's just going to aggravate the conflict between Israel and Palestine even more.

[Oliver_W]

Unfortunately there were violent protests near the border, but Jerusalem is the capital, so watcha gonna do?

[bitontheslide]

It's Israels territory, they can have their capital and embassies wherever they want them. If other countries don't like it, tough

[Underscore]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

It's an incendiary move and a poorly thought out one, It's just going to aggravate the conflict between Israel and Palestine even more.

This.

Unnecessary and idiotic move.

TWO STATE SOLUTION.

[Nicky91]

UGH

[Greg!]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

It's Israels territory, they can have their capital and embassies wherever they want them. If other countries don't like it, tough

Lots of Jerusalem isn't actually their rightful territory though, that's the point

[arista]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

It's an incendiary move and a poorly thought out one, It's just going to aggravate the conflict between Israel and Palestine even more.

President Clinton
said he would do it.

[Twosugars]

at least the pretence of US being an impartial broker in all this is buried
my grandmother's grave is in Israel, but I'm not putting my foot there until they do right by the Palestinians. Just sayin' coz I'm not getting into any discussions of that issue as it's too painful to contemplate
surprised that crook netanyahu is still in office

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Greg!

Lots of Jerusalem isn't actually their rightful territory though, that's the point

Israel has occupied the territory for years. They ain't going to give it up, it's theirs, and no-one will take it away. Therefore, they can do as they want.

That's how the system works, and is they same for a multitude of countries including the UK with Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by arista

President Clinton
said he would do it.

That's nice, it doesn't change a thing though.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

That's nice, it doesn't change a thing though.

Sure
Its now Done Now
and Open for business.

Terrorists need to stay away.

[Maru]

Iranian Group Offers $100,000 to Blow Up New U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
http://freebeacon.com/national-secur...ssy-jerusalem/

A hardline Iranian organization is reportedly offering a $100,000 reward to any person who bombs the newly opened U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, according to a translation of Farsi language reports.

A group known as the Iranian Justice Seeker Student Movement is reported to have disseminated posters calling for an attack on the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, which has been opposed by Palestinian and Iranian officials as an affront to the holy city.

"The Student Justice Movement will support anybody who destroy the illegal American embassy in Jerusalem," the poster states in Farsi, Arabic, and English, according to an independent translation of the propaganda poster provided to the Free Beacon.

There will be a "$100,000 dollar prize for the person who destroys the illegal American embassy in Jerusalem," the poster states.

The call for an attack on the new embassy is just the latest escalation by hostile Islamic states and leaders who have lashed out at the United States and President Donald Trump for making good on a campaign promise to relocate the embassy from Tel Aviv to Israel's declared capital city of Jerusalem.

News of the bomb threat was first reported by the University Student News Network, a regional Farsi-language site that aggregates relevant news briefs.

"The Student Movement for Justice declared, ‘Whoever bombs the embassy's building will receive a $100,000 award,'" the report states. "It is necessary to mention that the steps by Trump to transfer the US Embassy to Holy Qods [Jerusalem] has led to the anger and hatred of Muslims and liberators throughout the world.'"

Michael Rubin, a former Pentagon adviser and expert on rogue regimes, told the Washington Free Beacon that terrorism of this nature is embedded in the Iranian regime's hardline stance.

"Unfortunately, terrorism directed toward diplomats and embassies has become a central pillar of the Islamic Republic's culture," Rubin said. "Terrorism is lionized in Iranian schools. This bounty is more the rule than the exception. To blame Washington or Jerusalem is to blame the victim and give terrorists a veto over U.S. policy."

Behnam Ben Taleblu, an research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, described the poster as repulsive and blamed the Iranian ruling regime for fostering such an attitude.

"This is nothing short of an invitation to a heinous act of an international terror by a student group that looks up to the world's foremost state sponsor of terror—the Islamic Republic of Iran," he said.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

• Neither Trump nor Vice President Mike Pence were in Israel for the opening
• Trump promised he would relocate the embassy from Tel Aviv and recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel as a candidate
• Followed through on the campaign promise in December and moved quickly to outfit the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem to serve as a temporary embassy
• Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were part of a delegation of senior officials that included Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin that made the trip
• Ivanka unveiled the embassy's seal and offered an official welcome
• Kushner said in rare remarks: 'The United States is ready to support a peace agreement in every way that we can'
• Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said Trump had made history and declared: We are in Jerusalem and we are here to stay'

Donald Trump said it would be 'a great day for Israel' on Monday as the U.S. embassy prepared to open in Israel.

'We extend a hand in friendship to Israel, the Palestinians and to all of their neighbors,' Trump said in a video address.

Neither Trump nor Vice President Mike Pence were there see the realization of their campaign promise that they would relocate the embassy from Tel Aviv and recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Pence is headlining a celebratory event at the Israeli embassy in Washington, instead.

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, both White House advisers, were part of a delegation of senior officials that included Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin that made the trip.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-protests.html

Making her father proud on this historic day

A Right and Proper and Fitting, Long Overdue occasion. More credit to Trump.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Maru

Iranian Group Offers $100,000 to Blow Up New U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
http://freebeacon.com/national-secur...ssy-jerusalem/

I read this yesterday, Maru. It's very telling how little criticism this has provoked. Ah well, that's fashionable Terrorism for you.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Greg!

Lots of Jerusalem isn't actually their rightful territory though, that's the point

Which parts of Jerusalem aren't theirs and why?