Posted on 12/09/2017 7:42:05 PM PST by Olog-hai
Arab foreign ministers on Sunday demanded that the United States rescind President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, calling it a “grave” development that puts Washington on the same side as “occupation” and the violation of international law.
In a resolution long on rhetoric but short on concrete actions, the ministers also called for the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution condemning Trump’s decision, but acknowledged that Washington would most likely veto it. If the U.S. vetoes the resolution, the Arabs would seek a similar resolution in the U.N. General Assembly, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki told a pre-dawn news conference in Cairo.
A two-page resolution adopted by the emergency meeting, which began Saturday night, did not include any punitive actions against the United States, like a call for a boycott of American products or suspending or downgrading ties with Washington. It also appeared to fall short of matching the anger felt by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, which have seen three days of violent protests against Trump’s decision.
“We have taken a political decision not meant to reflect (what is going on in) the streets. Political work is responsible work,” said Arab League chief Ahmed Aboul-Gheit. “Jerusalem has been occupied for 50 years. This is an extended battle, a battle that will be escalated,” he told the news conference. …
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Trump should reply “if we wanted s*** from you we’d squeeze your heads...”
This was the best way for Trump to kick off the peace process. Really the only way.
and I DEMAND that they quit trying to rule OUR Country as if it was theirs.
Israel can put their capital in any of their cities and the U.S. can put its Israeli Embassy in any Israeli city that Israel agrees to.
Why should we care what they think? What are they going to do about it? Seriously. We can hurt them more than they can hurt us, so it’s nothing but hot air.
They can go pound sand.
Fortunately, the Arabs have pleanty of sand to pound...
===>> Arab ministers demand reversal of Trump Jerusalem decision <<===
Congress recognized Jerusalem as the Israeli capital over 20 years ago.
President Trump just declared that he would implement the decision made by congress.
I “demand” these ministers jump off a tall building. Do civil society a big favor.
Did they tell their token Jew Schumer to get on it?
First-cousin-marriage offspring seem to have a lot of rage.
Christian Mininisters Insist Trump stick to his decision....
How gives a rat’s azz what these filthy arabs think.
They can take a flying f..k at a slow rolling donut.
We demand that they return the lives of all the 911 victims.
“They can go pound sand.”
These camel drivers have absolutely NO say in US policy.
Jerusalem, Judah and Samaria for Israel.
>> Arab League chief Ahmed Aboul-Gheit: “This is an extended battle, a battle that will be escalated”
Make no mistake, Islam is a war plan.
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