Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Covenant With Many

U.N. General Assembly meeting set over U.S. veto of Jerusalem resolution - UPI.com
UPI reports: "The U.N. General Assembly will meet in an emergency session this week after the United States vetoed a resolution to reject the Trump administration's new policy of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. A bloc of Arab nations, Turkey and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation requested the meeting of the entire 193-nation U.N. body. The Palestinian Authority is a non-member observer in the United Nations. On Dec. 6, President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced plans to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv."

Comment: It's an emergency? Really?  This is an extraordinary example of how easily the world can be made to gang-up on Israel. Nothing has changed on the ground in Jerusalem, nothing at all. The only thing that happened was a Trump news conference. The embassy won't actually be moved for years. If Trump is not re-elected then it's possible the embassy will never be moved. So, why all the fuss about calling the city where the Israeli parliament sits, where the president and prime minister's office is, calling that city the capital?

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