View Full Version : Trump taps Israel envoy, eyes moving embassy to Jerusalem.....
Trump has picked his Ambassador for Israel. Naturally liberal Jewish groups aren't liking it. What say ye?
President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will nominate attorney David Friedman as U.S. ambassador to Israel, selecting an envoy who supports Israeli settlements and other changes to U.S. policies in the region. Friedman said he looked forward to carrying out his duties from "the U.S. embassy in Israel's eternal capital, Jerusalem," even though the embassy is in Tel Aviv.
Trump, like some of his predecessors, has vowed to move the American embassy to Jerusalem, a politically charged act that would anger Palestinians who want east Jerusalem as part of their sovereign territory. The move would also distance the U.S. from most of the international community, including its closest allies in Western Europe and the Arab world.
The president-elect said Friedman would "maintain the special relationship" between the U.S. and Israel......snip~
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-taps-israel-envoy-eyes-moving-embassy-jerusalem-024305073--election.html
ripmeister
12-16-2016, 10:42 AM
What I don't get about this whole embassy location ploy is why would you do this now. Its location really does not matter except from a symbolic point of view. Lord knows the ME is already a mess and a powder keg so why throw more fuel on the fire when it really accomplishes nothing but that.
If Trump does it, he will have kept his word. Where Clinton and Bush said the same thing but once they got into office, didn't follow thru.
Should he come thru.....he will need to keep more than a skeleton crew(like the Demos did) to protect it. Also unlike the Demos, he should make sure the US Marines are in Uniform at all times.
Standing Wolf
12-16-2016, 11:23 AM
American politicians of all persuasions have been pandering to the pro-Israel lobby for decades. For whatever reasons, most of the rest of the world has managed to retain a more fair and balanced view of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, while the U.S. government continues to successfully insulate Israel from the consequences of its own worst actions and abuses.
American politicians of all persuasions have been pandering to the pro-Israel lobby for decades. For whatever reasons, most of the rest of the world has managed to retain a more fair and balanced view of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, while the U.S. government continues to successfully insulate Israel from the consequences of its own worst actions and abuses.
How so....Europe gives more support or has to the Palestinians than Israel. Naturally the Arab view isn't supportive of Israel. Some views from other nations only care that peace is achieved.
If the US didn't support the Israelis.....there would be no balance.
Subdermal
12-16-2016, 01:34 PM
What I don't get about this whole embassy location ploy is why would you do this now. Its location really does not matter except from a symbolic point of view. Lord knows the ME is already a mess and a powder keg so why throw more fuel on the fire when it really accomplishes nothing but that.
Why are you interested in coddling the enemy? Do you think you die any less by having your head cut off slowly?
Standing Wolf
12-16-2016, 01:44 PM
How so....Europe gives more support or has to the Palestinians than Israel. Naturally the Arab view isn't supportive of Israel. Some views from other nations only care that peace is achieved.
If the US didn't support the Israelis.....there would be no balance.
If the U.S. didn't support the Israeli government to the extent that it does, Israel would not be able to get away with - among other things - defying international law by occupying and settling territories it has no claim to, nor with maintaining an undeclared and uninspected nuclear arsenal while refusing to participate in the sort of international nuclear agreements that we demand of other nations.
ripmeister
12-16-2016, 03:48 PM
Why are you interested in coddling the enemy? Do you think you die any less by having your head cut off slowly?
Huh! What does posting what I said have to with that? Need more straw? Don't be a dishonest debater.
Green Arrow
12-16-2016, 04:02 PM
Liberal Jewish groups are right to oppose it.
Bethere
12-16-2016, 05:59 PM
What I don't get about this whole embassy location ploy is why would you do this now. Its location really does not matter except from a symbolic point of view. Lord knows the ME is already a mess and a powder keg so why throw more fuel on the fire when it really accomplishes nothing but that.
They want to fulfill prophesy, expediting the end of the world.
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