[Alberta's Child]

If Trump truly wants to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital -- if that wasn't an election gimmick -- there's no reason whatsoever to "wait" to do so. Nothing will or can happen in the coming years to change the minds of those who oppose it.

This is simply wrong.

What MAY change in the future is an agreement among all parties to establish the legal status of Jerusalem beyond its status as laid out in the 1947 UN plan for the partition of Palestine.

President Trump is right to be cautious on this.

Heck -- this is hardly a serious priority for the United States right now, anyway.

[MarvinStinson]

Thanks for the leftwing, Hate-Israel talking points.

[papertyger]

What MAY change in the future is an agreement among all parties to establish the legal status of Jerusalem beyond its status as laid out in the 1947 UN plan for the partition of Palestine.

And your precedent for believing this is anything but a fantasy, given historic events, is...?

It SHOULD be a "serious priority" for the United States in that it sends a clear message from America to Arab polities that the days of negotiating away "real assets" for "promises" are over.

This country destroys the lives of ITS OWN CITIZENS for symbolic displays of prejudice, but we bully the victim when state actors make REAL threats for not bowing to their REAL prejudices?