Coming from a professional politician, I could see why Dan would be puzzled at this. Trump isn't a politician. He believes in integrity and keeping your promises. That's why he keeps winning against weasly slimebags like members of the European Parliament.
The status of Jerusalem isn’t part of the Israel-Palestine dispute. It is the Israel-Palestine dispute. Everything else might be resolved by negotiation. …The slogan “from the river to the sea” is unambiguous. Ever since the so-called “nakba”, the Arabs’ goal was to make the entire land of Israel Judenrein. And that is still the goal. Not just “Al-Quds”. All of it.
Jerusalem was Jewish before Mohamed was born. It was the religion of our God 3500 years ago. The Muslim faith is only about 1400 years old and Christianity a bit over 2000 years. Jerusalem belongs to the holy faith of the Jew. I am not Jew, but I do know history.
One must ask why can a Christian, a Muslim, and a Jew pray in Jerusalem at their holy temples in safety and peace, but this can not be done in Medina, Riyadh, Mecca, Tehran, Yemen, Pakistan, Libya, Afghanistan, Baghdad, parts of India, and much of sub Sahara Africa etc?
The answer is quite simple. One of the three faiths tenets is expansion of their faith by the sword. It is really that simple and nothing else!!!!
Whom brings the violence to these temples? Is it the Jew? Is it the Christian? Is it the Muslim?
The spiritual Big Mo[mentum] is also with Donald here.
In Christian thought (with various differences in nuance between denominational followings), Jerusalem represents a special heavenly destination for all the saints (saved humans) of all time — and the Jewish psalms often look forward to that even while themselves thinking about an earthly city.
Spirituality is the glue that would make Jerusalem “a unity.” Specifically, spirituality towards the God of Abraham, Jacob, Isaac, and Jesus. Strangers could also live there in its earthly version, but they would continue to be strangers until they joined in that same spirituality.
...It is the status of the Dome of the Rock on the ruins of the ancient Temple...
Mooselimbs have a nasty protocol of pissing upon and razing other peoples culture and history.
That’s why all others have animosity towards mooselimbs.
Mooselimbs should not have built a structure over top of the Jew’s most holy of holies
...The more subtle criticism of Trump’s decision is that the supposedly great deal maker has offered this big symbolic gesture in return for nothing. A card like moving the embassy, which can be played only once, should not be tossed onto the table cheaply. It should certainly not be used simply because domestic headlines are unhelpful, and a distraction is timely...
The two sides are stuck and cannot find a way forward. Trump took the issue off the table.
Trump made the same move in a budget dispute. Both sides were dug in and not negotiating, not moving. Trump declared the trans folks were no longer welcome in the military, therefore breaking the logjam