While most of the focus of the “day of rage” protests against President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel focused on massive demonstrations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, they were by no means the only ones, as Trump’s move reverberated around the world.
In addition to the Palestinian protests and the official criticisms at the UN Security Council, demonstrators were out in force across virtually the entire Muslim world, with hundreds and even thousands of people showing up in front of US embassies and consulates to voice their displeasure.
From Algeria to Indonesia, and virtually all points in between, protesters marched, condemning Trump’s decision, which has potentially large implications given the importance of Jerusalem within Islam.
While Trump and Ambassador Nikki Haley have defended the move, other US officials have tried to downplay it, with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson insisted the declaration had nothing to do with Jerusalem’s final status, and that this was to be decided between Israelis and Palestinians in their own negotiations.
The presumptive impact of a US declaration on the final status was, indeed, why previous presidents from the initially Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 had consistently delayed relocating the embassy. Even outside the Muslim world, the unilateral decision to reverse course has been roundly criticized as undermining efforts at getting the peace process restarted.
Man, I do not envy Tillerson’s position of playing the straight/sane man in this particular Trump routine…
Tillerson will definitely be seeing the door soon. In the meantime I hope the Donald is sleeping well. People f**king died for no reason.
Died for no reason; Hmmmm. Maybe this time the world ‘leaderships’ will take stronger action against Israel.
The Palestinians at least died bravely fighting honestly for their land and those who died in support of Palestine at least did so for a moral cause. Its not a bad way to go, its not like they’re making cowardly terrorist attacks lkke with 500 pound bombs dropped from jet fighters on apartment buildings.
Casualties so far attributable to this particular Trump action are quite low compared to the everyday senseless violence that kills people in that region anyway including the far more direct drone strikes and special forces raids.
Trump doesn’t look like he’s been sleeping well, actually. Also, he famously tweets in the middle of the night.
I hope you are right and they did indeed die for a just cause, if there is such a thing. Maybe Trump outsmarted himself.
The beauty of it all is Trump would never have said anything the Zionist lobby did not demand, and probably script, for themselves. They tamed Candidate Trump fairly quickly from honest broker aspirant to Zionist wannabe.
So when Trump asks (both sides), “What’s the problem?” it just cracks up Trumpian 4D chess acolytes.
Its been observed that Trump often borrows what works from Obama’s personal playbook. Obama was in the habit of giving ‘his’ people (such as they were) enough rope to hang themselves for defying his best judgement. When they failed, Obama took a selfie with them twisting in the wind, then skillfully cut them down and made everything better with his charisma.
Trump doesn’t have Obama’s touch for that last part.
The world can get all huffy self righteous about Trump and America, but if it does nothing about justice for Palestine (and they won’t), they’re just as guilty and just as hypocritical and can’t pretend to be better than Americans anymore.
The Arabs or Palestinian that live ln Israel and Israel occupied territory are the happiest best fed Muslims in the whole neighborhood .You could not drive them to another country where they might be shot or beheaded for no reason at all .Muslim always complain and want a little more where ever they are
Lots died in Iraq, Syria,Nigeria, Somalia, and Libya for no reason. Many more than in the periodic riots in Palestine that have occurred without any Jerusalem capital decision. Lots more. And the decider named Obama, helped by Panetta, Hillary, Jerry and Ash Carter. A violent bunch. But admired at Harvard.
The “decider” was Bush. Funny how you left him out. But your supposed point is irrelevant. The added deaths, because of Trump’s declaration, can’t be denied.
You are right he did leave Bush and his Iraq deaths out . I’am a deplorable and I’am getting afraid Trumps tax cuts and health care is not going to turn as good for me as he promised . So if you can find some honest democrats I’am about ready to switch back . I’am sick of sending my sons over to foreign countries to kill people . I think this country should have less than half the military budget we have . Both Bushes and Clinton and Obama did a lot of damage to other countries and our economy . We may have to get rid of these two criminal parties if we ever want to live in peace
Riots in the ME. Same old same old. Yet not.
What will China do? They may hold the fate of Palestinian justice just as they hold the fate of American-Israeli hegemony in the Middle East.
If China trusts Israel-America, the Palestinians are finished and so is China, ultimately. Hardly a week goes by when Asia Times isn’t trumpeting Israel’s expanding trade with China like they’re BFF. Yet China has sought to deal fairly with Palestine as well. And, Palestine technically is quite wealthy thanks to its rights to offshore natural gas.
An unacceptable outcome to the Zionist factions of the U.S.D.S. would be a Palestinian state of any size empowered by China. China having any influence at all in the Middle East would be unacceptable to the rest of the U.S.D.S. as well The two state solution favoured by Russia and China is out.
That’s what this is really all about. The Eurasian Century. The Palestinians are just a distraction.
… Well, there is now where before Palestine was just a region with some kingdoms or province of some passing empire. The Westphalean nation-state system has only been around since 1648.