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In reply to the discussion: Trump 'to announce US embassy will move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on Monday' [View all]Violet_Crumble
(36,421 posts)Israel can name whatever it wants as its capital. It doesn't mean Israel has the right to force or bully other countries into violating international law and setting up embassies in a city that's divided and where changes to the status of the city is a big no-no until the conflict is resolved. If Trump and his gang of slack-jawed morons want to spend a zillion dollars and move the US embassy to Jerusalem, then I can't think of a better way for the US to proclaim to the world that them and Israel are totally up each others arses and they can join in a chorus of calling the Palestinians whinyarses, occupiers, bullies, etc. The rest of the world will just sit back and watch with disbelief when both the US and Israel do the next heartfelt announcement that all they want is peace and they're doing all they can to support a Palestinian state but those pesky Palestinians just keep putting up blockers....