[Middle East] US embassy in Israel to be moved from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem

Nice attempt at justifying violence and hate. Like any other country in the world, Israel should have the right to choose its capital. End of story.

 

I mean this argument here is pointless because a Palestinian would just say "we have a right to claim our own land and capital(they think east Jerusalem is theirs)".

 

Exactly what I have been saying for a while. The Germans decided to ef up the world; created this state which has lead to so much instability in the region that continues to this day. The time to say "we lost, we need to move away" just needs to happen. I have heard that it is not that easy though as many are basically trapped in the country.

 

They would claim all of Israel if they could.

 

Okay?

 

That you aren't willing to engage in a debate on it tells me what I need to know.

 

Manifest Destiny.

 

I don't see how it could be "occupied" given that no other nation claims ownership of East Jerusalem. At one point Jordan did, but that ended in 1967. Now if a state claims sovereignty over that land, I suppose that conversation could be had, but until then I see no reason why East Jerusalem shouldn't remain under the control of Israel especially if they are willing to maintain and allow access to Muslim holy sites.

Even then, I think we had enough of that split city nonsense with Berlin.

 

He much Disney pay the NBA. Damn.

 

https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/634kfc.htm

 

You might want to link to relevant sources in the future.

 

http://opil.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law:epil/9780199231690/law-9780199231690-e1301

 

Par in parem non habet imperium

 

International law does not permit unilateral annexation of territory acquired by force, period. Arguments that the territory doesn’t belong to a sovereign state are irrelevant. The territory, as per the original mandate, is reserved for an eventual Palestinian state. That is enough to make annexation invalid under international law.

 

"International law" doesn't actually exist for just the reason I suggested.So yeah, there is no Palestinian state and has never been one. Better luck next time

 

Reposting, since you failed to see the relevance last time:

https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/634kfc.htm

East Jerusalem is occupied territory. As such, they do not have the right under international law to claim sovereignty over that territory. The annexation is a flagrant violation of international law, as evidenced by several Security Council resolutions declaring it null and void.

You can’t annex disputed territory without the approval of international bodies. Keeping Jerusalem “undivided” is one thing. There is a good argument for that. But declaring it as your capital while simultaneously pretending that it’s status is TBD (resolving the status being a well recognized precondition to Palestinian statehood) is just ludicrous. The US trying to legitimize Israel’s claim is a huge mistake for furthering the peace process, but of course it’s plainly clear at this point that this is not the concern of the current Israeli-US partnership.

 

I’m curious how those numbers shift over time, in particular how it correlates to Israeli expansion/aggression in the Occupied Territories.

 

The terrorists/Islamists are the aggressor.