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Revolt: Three EU nations block resolution meant to “embarrass and isolate” the White House
Hotair.com ^ | May 13, 2018 | JAZZ SHAW

Posted on 05/13/2018 4:51:59 PM PDT by Kaslin

Preparations are underway for the grand opening of the new United States embassy to Israel in Jerusalem. While the President won’t be able to attend as he prepares for his summit with North Korea, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have arrived to do the honors along with a number of other delegates. But not everyone is quite so thrilled with this development, particularly in some parts of the European Union. They were preparing to put forward a resolution condemning the embassy move, delivering a statement which was explicitly designed to “embarrass and isolate the Trump administration” ahead of the ceremony.

That nasty little poison pill fell apart this weekend, however, when three member nations blocked the resolution. The objection was led by Hungary, which was quickly joined by Romania and the Czech Republic. (Axios)

Hungary, the Czech Republic and Romania, in coordination with Israel, today blocked a joint EU statement criticizing the relocation of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, Israeli officials and European diplomats told me.

Behind the scenes: The initiative to publish the statement was led by France and several other EU member states. Israeli officials say the goal was to present to the U.S. a common position against the move by all 28 member states, and to embarrass and isolate the Trump administration ahead of Monday’s ceremony.

It turns out that the driving force behind the original resolution was French President Emmanuel Macron. Nice ally, eh? And it was only a few weeks ago that he was over here getting all touchy-feely with Trump amid speculation that he was playing some sort of flattery game to advance his position with the United States. So it’s perhaps not all that surprising that the revolt would be led by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban who has been no fan of the socialist bent of the European Union and frequently acted as a thorn in the side of Brussels.

It’s also unsurprising that the Czechs and the Romanians would join in with Orban on this. Both countries are currently reviewing plans to possibly move their embassies to Jerusalem as well. That put a bit of a damper on the three points listed in the resolution, which were as follows:

Here’s one question for Macron and the rest of the EU leaders who were prepared to go along with this insult. Why is it anyone’s business where the U.S. Embassy to Isreal is located except for the United States and Israel? The embassy can be wherever both countries mutually decide it should be. And trying to tell us where to locate our embassy looks rather embarrassing for Brussels when they can’t even enforce such an order on their own member nations. Perhpas minding your own business would be the better course of action here.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; Israel; United Kingdom; War on Terror
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To: Kaslin
Jerusalem should be the capital of both states — Israel and the future state of Palestine.
The final status of Jerusalem should be negotiated and only determined through negotiations between the parties.

The second point is in conflict with the first point. LOL

41 posted on 05/13/2018 6:34:17 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Thibodeaux

>>The final status of Jerusalem should be negotiated and only determined through negotiations between the parties.-—<<

Nonsense. What parties?


42 posted on 05/13/2018 6:35:10 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat ( This Who are the idiots who elected this dreadful Pope? They need to unelect him. He is a disgrace.)
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To: jimfree

Maybe we should move our French embassy to Berlin.


43 posted on 05/13/2018 6:36:37 PM PDT by seowulf
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To: fortes fortuna juvat
Nonsense. What parties?

Since when has the winner of an armed conflict EVER unilaterally dictated terms to the loser?

Oh...

44 posted on 05/13/2018 6:39:27 PM PDT by papertyger
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To: The Deplorable Miss Lemon

>>Aside from Macron, who were the other leaders who were prepared to “humiliate” our president?<<

I have a newsflash for those so-called leaders. Their attempt to humiliate the President would have failed because they don’t have the ability to humiliate him.


45 posted on 05/13/2018 6:40:55 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat ( This Who are the idiots who elected this dreadful Pope? They need to unelect him. He is a disgrace.)
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To: Kozy

>>You have been negotiating for 70 years and nothing to show for it. Trump doesn’t waste his time negotiating, he is a doer something bureaucrats try everyday to avoid. Trying a line from the last guy, “I have a pen and a phone.” See how that works for you stupid.<<

Well done and truly said, Kozy!


46 posted on 05/13/2018 6:48:17 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat ( This Who are the idiots who elected this dreadful Pope? They need to unelect him. He is a disgrace.)
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To: tennmountainman

Yep. And very few Muslims,
Unlike the other EU countries.
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Those three countries, as a group, lost a lot of their people to the Holocaust. After the war many of their remaining Jewish citizens emmigrated to the fledgling state of Israel, much the chagrin of the British who tried their best to prevent it. England put up a blockade to stop all arms and immigration to Israel. If not for the aforementioned three countries, particularly the Czech Republic, defying the blockade and smuggling arms and people into Israel, the little country would have almost certainly lost the 1949 war, and Israel would not exist today.


47 posted on 05/13/2018 6:48:24 PM PDT by Gideon300
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To: seowulf

Q: Why are the streets of Paris lined with big trees?
A: So the German army can march in the shade.


48 posted on 05/13/2018 6:55:48 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: Freee-dame

The ‘65 changes favored the third world for sure, but Europe’s generous welfare also plays a role, not to mention the fact that most Western Euro’s don’t even reproduce nowadays.


49 posted on 05/13/2018 6:56:56 PM PDT by Amberdawn (If The Left Didn't Believe In Double Standards, They'd Have No Standards At All.)
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To: Gideon300

The EU did this to themselves. They let too many muzzies in and now they are afraid that if they vote with the US, the muzzies will destroy the EU. Too freaking bad.


50 posted on 05/13/2018 6:56:59 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (What is a Blue City? First world cities run by third world politicians.)
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To: zerosix

>>Gen. George S. Patton, not one to mince words ( kind of like our own Pres. Donald Trump), stated he’d rather face five regiments of Germans in front of him, than to have one regiment of French behind him!<<

Yes, I love that Patton quote but I haven’t seen it cited in quite a few years. Thanks for posting it.


51 posted on 05/13/2018 6:57:34 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat ( This Who are the idiots who elected this dreadful Pope? They need to unelect him. He is a disgrace.)
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To: Kaslin

I don’t think there is much of an argument on whether Macron received a kickback on the Iran “deal.” I think the argument is how much.


52 posted on 05/13/2018 7:02:36 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: Freee-dame

>> Ted Kennedy’s immigration law made it almost impossible for Europeans to be admitted.<<

That is one of the Left’s best kept secrets. And the flip side of that ignorant man’s immigration law is that millions of welfare types and immigrants from places referred to by President Trump as sh*tholes have flooded into our already disintegrating cities and made them even worse.


53 posted on 05/13/2018 7:08:03 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat ( This Who are the idiots who elected this dreadful Pope? They need to unelect him. He is a disgrace.)
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To: lurk

That seems a little bit severe. ...maybe just cut the visas in half.


54 posted on 05/13/2018 7:47:08 PM PDT by spokeshave (recovering Spokeshave from another computer.)
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To: Kaslin

Bfl


55 posted on 05/13/2018 8:10:15 PM PDT by pigsmith (Liberals can't make the connection between their politics and the decline of everything around them.)
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To: Kaslin

The Slavs are our true freinds


56 posted on 05/13/2018 8:14:46 PM PDT by Sybeck1
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To: Thibodeaux
The decision has been made by force of arms

As per the koranimals' choice...

57 posted on 05/13/2018 8:42:31 PM PDT by publius911
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To: lurk
Fine. Find out if they receive any foreign aid. And cut their immigrants into the US in half.

We have a long memory...

58 posted on 05/13/2018 10:25:38 PM PDT by GOPJ (MSNBC - when only shallow bimbos spewing breathless gossip will do...)
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To: GOPJ

If we are going to cut their immigrants in half I have a chain saw to donate


59 posted on 05/13/2018 10:29:21 PM PDT by NorseWood
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To: faithhopecharity

it’s not deNAZIfication that’s needed, rather deCOMMUNIZATION.


60 posted on 05/13/2018 10:50:50 PM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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