Setton Posted December 6, 2017 #1 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Quote US President Donald Trump will recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, senior administration officials have said. He is due to announce the controversial decision in a speech later. Mr Trump is also expected to approve moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but not for several years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42246564 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Space Commander Travis Posted December 6, 2017 Popular Post #2 Share Posted December 6, 2017 "No, don't tell me, Ivanka, I know this one... it's not Baghdad, it's not Tear-ran, where they Eye-Raqis* live, is it... is it Jerusalem?" "Well done, Donald, and for the next round in Which Middle Eastern City is This ... where is this a photo of?" * sic 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted December 6, 2017 #3 Share Posted December 6, 2017 LOL. And already the various Muslim leaders are threatening violence ! It's worth making the change just to see them all fume and fulminate. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Piney Posted December 6, 2017 Popular Post #4 Share Posted December 6, 2017 BIG can of worms. This guy really wants the world to burn........ 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted December 6, 2017 #5 Share Posted December 6, 2017 9 minutes ago, Piney said: BIG can of worms. This guy really wants the world to burn........ Maybe it needs to. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromdor Posted December 6, 2017 #6 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I don't think it will be that big of a deal. There might be some riots and deaths in the beginning, but it will settle down. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Caspian Hare Posted December 6, 2017 Popular Post #7 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I think it is a bad idea to get further in Mideast politics. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Grey Posted December 6, 2017 #8 Share Posted December 6, 2017 12 minutes ago, Gromdor said: I don't think it will be that big of a deal. There might be some riots and deaths in the beginning, but it will settle down. As with any changes in the Middle East, "There might be some riots and deaths in the beginning, but it will settle down." 5000 years of perpetual conflict... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartikg Posted December 6, 2017 #9 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Someone with enough mettle. Good move. Palestine will protest anything that's in favor of Israel. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer77 Posted December 6, 2017 #10 Share Posted December 6, 2017 31 minutes ago, kartikg said: Someone with enough mettle. Good move. Palestine will protest anything that's in favor of Israel. My gut reaction was that its probably kicking a hornets nest that didn't need kicking but really I don't really care about the issue one way or the other, why do you say this is a good move? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAyMO Posted December 6, 2017 #11 Share Posted December 6, 2017 55 minutes ago, Gromdor said: There might be some riots and deaths in the beginning, but it will settle down Oh thats alright then - all for something that wasn't needed in the first place. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted December 6, 2017 #12 Share Posted December 6, 2017 59 minutes ago, Gromdor said: I don't think it will be that big of a deal. There might be some riots and deaths in the beginning, but it will settle down. "Some" riots and deaths are still too many.... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SHaYap Posted December 6, 2017 Popular Post #13 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Look at your kids or nieces and nephew or grandchildren in the face, think of all the kids or nieces and nephew or grandchildren in the world ... its their future that is being placed on the high stakes high risk table ... just for some Political Brownie points ... If that doesn't make any one insanely angry I guess I have very little else to add ... ~ 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted December 6, 2017 #14 Share Posted December 6, 2017 10 minutes ago, third_eye said: Look at your kids or nieces and nephew or grandchildren in the face, think of all the kids or nieces and nephew or grandchildren in the world ... its their future that is being placed on the high stakes high risk table ... just for some Political Brownie points ... If that doesn't make any one insanely angry I guess I have very little else to add ... ~ I could like this a hundred times. None of these troublemakers have ever buried their own children........ 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartikg Posted December 6, 2017 #15 Share Posted December 6, 2017 3 hours ago, Farmer77 said: My gut reaction was that its probably kicking a hornets nest that didn't need kicking but really I don't really care about the issue one way or the other, why do you say this is a good move? It's a good move because it resolves or legitimizes Israel control over the city of Jerusalem. eventually its going to belong to one of them as we have seen again and again that Palestinian and Israeli won't be able to share it peacefully and for the citizens of the city it's better to be with Israel as they can provide better infrastructure. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromdor Posted December 6, 2017 #16 Share Posted December 6, 2017 3 hours ago, Piney said: "Some" riots and deaths are still too many.... Well, I was more meaning that it won't cause a war or anything permanent. The US probably won't qualify as neutral mediators in any peace negotiations anymore. But then again, we never were never truly neutral in the matter anyways. Not that I expect that peace in the middle east will happen in my lifetime. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAyMO Posted December 6, 2017 #17 Share Posted December 6, 2017 1 hour ago, kartikg said: It's a good move because it resolves or legitimizes Israel control over the city of Jerusalem Why? - just because the USA says so? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer77 Posted December 6, 2017 #18 Share Posted December 6, 2017 A thought just crossed my mind and I honestly don't know the answer but will this move in any way increase the value of the properties the Kushner family has built over there? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted December 6, 2017 #19 Share Posted December 6, 2017 55 minutes ago, Farmer77 said: A thought just crossed my mind and I honestly don't know the answer but will this move in any way increase the value of the properties the Kushner family has built over there? Good catch! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavenHawk Posted December 6, 2017 #20 Share Posted December 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Farmer77 said: A thought just crossed my mind and I honestly don't know the answer but will this move in any way increase the value of the properties the Kushner family has built over there? Or it will decrease it. What areas of the world do the Trumps not have some kind of interest? I'm sure that is not an issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted December 6, 2017 #21 Share Posted December 6, 2017 This was one of Trump’s campaign promises...good or bad he has kept his promise. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odas Posted December 6, 2017 #22 Share Posted December 6, 2017 8 hours ago, Gromdor said: I don't think it will be that big of a deal. There might be some riots and deaths in the beginning, but it will settle down. Yeah. Some deaths. Somewhere far away. Would you talk like that if the stakes were your children, parents? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAyMO Posted December 6, 2017 #23 Share Posted December 6, 2017 20 minutes ago, Lilly said: This was one of Trump’s campaign promises...good or bad he has kept his promise. some promises are made to be broken and this was one of them - even Boris the fella who masquerades as a foreign secretary in the UK thinks its a bad move - and that's saying something. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranormal Panther Posted December 7, 2017 #24 Share Posted December 7, 2017 9 hours ago, Piney said: BIG can of worms. This guy really wants the world to burn........ The Middle East was peaceful and stable, for hundreds of years, before this. You can say that he put gasoline on the inferno. It's more likely that he flicked a Bic in Hell. Of course, Trump is damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted December 7, 2017 #25 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Not so much the 'What' but more about the 'How' #45 went about it ... and as if that's not enough, I am hearing lots of mention about some secret ' Sparky's Plan ' ... it seems now, apparently, there is a plan ... " I have a plan " said the Chief, Famous last words comes to mind .... if the circumstances were not so dire I would be shedding tears of laughter ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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