Posted on 12/18/2017 1:31:11 PM PST by Nero Germanicus
Turkey intends to open an embassy in East Jerusalem, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, days after leading calls at a summit of Muslim leaders for the world to recognize it as the capital of Palestine. It was not clear how he would carry out the move, as Israel controls all of Jerusalem and calls the city its indivisible capital. Palestinians want the capital of a future state they seek to be in East Jerusalem, which Israel took in a 1967 war and later annexed in a move not recognized internationally.
The Muslim nation summit was a response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s Dec. 6 decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. His move broke with decades of U.S. policy and international consensus that the city’s status must be left to Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
Erdogan said in a speech to members of his AK Party in the southern province of Karaman that Turkey’s consulate general in Jerusalem was already represented by an ambassador.
“God willing, the day is close when officially, with God’s permission, we will open our embassy there,” Erdogan said.
Jerusalem, revered by Jews, Christians and Muslims alike, is home to Islam’s third holiest shrine as well as Judaism’s Western Wall - both in the eastern sector - and has been at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for decades.
Foreign embassies in Israel, including Turkey‘s, are located in Tel Aviv, reflecting Jerusalem’s unresolved status.
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That would be up to Israel.
[ Erdogan says Turkey aims to open embassy in East Jerusalem ]
Of course. Read Ezekiel 38 Erdogan. I’ sure you’ll ignore it.
Oh, and you can thank Barack Hussein Obama for financing it. But you already know that, don’t you?
Perhaps, countries will switch to Kurdistan
from Turkey for THEIR embassies.
LOL
Good one...
Hard to believe these turkeys are in NATO.
Bingo
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This Turk prattles insane nonsense almost every day. Just like a few communistic USA political hacks and tv/movie people. Nuts to the core. I guess they don’t have mental hospitals yet in Turkey
NATO should have it’s plug pulled... they are letting Europe be invaded...
False. Jersualem has no religious importance whatsoever to Islam.
is home to Islam’s third holiest shrine as well as Judaism’s Western Wall
See what they do there? They cite "3rd holiest shrine" (false, again) but don't mention the Wall is the MOST holy shrine to Jews.
When Islam-inventor Mohammad died and went to whore-house-heaven, he flew there on a winged donkey that had the head of a woman.
On the way, the woman-headed donkey got tired from flapping its donkey-wings, so it stopped in Jerusalem.
All true. Koran says so.
in order to get permission, turkey will have to ask israel. buwahahahahahaha... i am not tired of winning yet.
To what government will Turkey apply for a building permit?
Probably none, Turkey already has a consulate in East Jerusalem, the section of the city that is majority Arab. They can change the name from fonsulate to embassy.
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