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Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital is a dangerous gambit
CNN ^ | Dec. 3, 2017 | Aaron David Miller

Posted on 12/03/2017 2:19:18 PM PST by Eddie01

Having worked at the State Department on Arab-Israeli negotiations for the better part of a quarter century, I came up with more than my fair share of half-baked ideas.

But the one issue I was smart enough to avoid -- and I advised every Secretary of State to do the same -- was Jerusalem.

And yet, if you believe some media reports, President Donald Trump is preparing to do precisely that.

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If there is a third rail in the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, it's Jerusalem. Loaded with political and religious significance, it's long been a tinderbox just waiting for a match. And we've witnessed numerous fires usually breaking out on the overlapping sacred spaces Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Muslims, share and contest on or near the holy sites -- the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount.

[snip]

The odds that Trump will stumble in his Jerusalem gambit are pretty good. That's because the point of the exercise does not seem designed to achieve any real foreign policy goals.

[snip]

The problem is we just don't know what the Administration's peace process strategy is. And in the absence of a coherent one, the Jerusalem gambit appears to be a one-off -- a combination of Trump's frustration over having to use the waiver again, not yet fulfilling his campaign commitment to open an embassy in Jerusalem, and his willful desire to go where none of his predecessors have gone before him.

As such, the President's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital is likely to be far more trouble than it's worth -- adding another layer of complication to a peace process that already faces long odds.

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TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: aarondavidmiller; cnn; israel; jerusalem; letshavejerusalem; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills
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To: BillyBoy; AuH2ORepublican; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; stephenjohnbanker; GOPsterinMA; ...

Off topic, Check this out

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/an-israeli-woman-traveled-to-the-west-bank-so-she-could-be-sure-she%E2%80%99d-have-a-boy/ar-BBGaOni?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

The kind of thing you could look forward to with single-payer, healthy women who have no trouble getting pregnant getting IVF to ensure the desired sex, ridiculous.


41 posted on 12/03/2017 10:42:05 PM PST by Impy (The democrat party is the enemy of your family and civilization itself, forget that at your peril.)
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To: Eddie01
. . . smarter that I was when I woke up this morning . . .

That's what FR is for, and I frequently have the same feeling here. You're welcome.

42 posted on 12/04/2017 2:01:09 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Eddie01.
author of "The End of Greatness: Why America Can't Have (and Doesn't Want) Another Great President."
Recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel won't result in more terrorism, but less. It undermines terrorists by showing political losses instead of gains.
43 posted on 12/04/2017 5:41:15 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; stephenjohnbanker

Looks like eugenics is creeping back into the picture. Hmmmm...

OTOH, that’s relatively nothing compared to having to pay for “sex reassignment”...and back again, amongst only God Knows how many other affronts to normalcy.


44 posted on 12/04/2017 6:22:49 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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Aaron David Miller keyword:
45 posted on 12/04/2017 10:11:11 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj

If this doesn’t make you want to take meth, nothing will.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QNk-J2TTt48


46 posted on 12/04/2017 6:02:52 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: GOPsterinMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8sCORuqZQY


47 posted on 12/04/2017 6:08:34 PM PST by Impy (The democrat party is the enemy of your family and civilization itself, forget that at your peril.)
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To: Impy

Uhhhhh......WOW!


48 posted on 12/04/2017 6:48:33 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: Lurker
Peace ain’t a process.

Correct! Peace is a result.

First, two parties clash, IF war continues uninterupted, and after much gunfire, explosions and death, one side defeats the other. If any stragglers from the losing side crop up, the winning side will "mop them up" and finish them off.

Anybody else?

Then there is peace.

49 posted on 12/04/2017 7:20:37 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (RATs, RINOs...same thing)
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