Schumer applauds Trump on moving US Embassy to Jerusalem

[babylonsister]

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/387566-schumer-applauds-trump-on-moving-us-embassy-to-jerusalem

Schumer applauds Trump on moving US Embassy to Jerusalem
By Mallory Shelbourne - 05/14/18 10:56 AM EDT


In a rare moment of agreement with President Trump, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday praised President the move of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

“In a long overdue move, we have moved our embassy to Jerusalem. Every nation should have the right to choose its capital,” Schumer said in a statement. “I sponsored legislation to do this two decades ago, and I applaud President Trump for doing it.”

The statement echoed a sentiment Trump expressed in a video message presented at the embassy opening, in which the president said the move had “been a long time coming.”

But the embassy’s official opening Monday was also marked by a bloody day on Israel’s border with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

The New York Times reported that at least 41 Palestinians were killed and more than 1,700 injured at the border’s barrier.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/387566-schumer-applauds-trump-on-moving-us-embassy-to-jerusalem

[bdamomma]

1. why didn't they

just leave it in Tel Aviv?

[FBaggins]

4. It's right there in the piece: "I sponsored legislation to do this two decades ago"

That legislation passed with overwhelmingly bipartisan support (about 10-1 IIRC).

Just a few months ago, a Senate resolution reaffirming the "Jerusalem Embassy Act" was passed 90-0

[bdamomma]

19. I read that in the article

but why the urgency to move the embassy? if it's not broke why fix it?

[FBaggins]

21. Urgency?

You did note that President's have been deferring this decision every six months since the law was passed 23 years ago?

As for "not broke"... why did such massive bipartisan majorities in congress insist on it if they didn't think that something was "broke"?

[bdamomma]

34. thanks for

educating me on this.

[TeamPooka]

41. The issue had long been held as a rare one that could motivate Israel at/to the peace table

so it has been held back by all President's as a carrot to a peace plan
Trump gave it away for free without getting Israel to commit to ANY good faith action like stop building settlements etc.
art of the deal

[0rganism]

46. shart of the deal

seemed like there were a lot of international relations experts on the TV this morning who sounded pretty confused about why Trump would toss away a prime bargaining chip while getting jack shit in return.
personally i think he's doing it to bump his approval numbers but wtf do i know?

[politicaljunkie41910]

54. My guess is that the White House and the GOP needs Sheldon Adelson's campaign contributions

to get them through the November elections.

[EffieBlack]

63. This

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. There was probably a camera and a microphone.

Schumer can't resist.

[Ace Rothstein]

14. Schumer has always had a hard-on for Israel.

This shouldn't surprise anyone.

[jrthin]

30. I am so sorry he is my Senator. NT

[dubyadiprecession]

39. Help stir that pot on high heat Schumer!

Nothing like creating more unrest in the Middle East!

[Me.]

3. This Is Where My Senator & I Part Ways

especially when he turned his back on PBO. It also says to me he isn't as smart as he thinks he is

[Freethinker65]

5. Religion over Country.

Sad.

[Civic Justice]

7. Israel has ENCROACHED on far too much!!!!

We want to attack Russia for its Encroachments, but we want to support Israel's Encroachments. - Why would we support the occupations drives of Israel ????

Look at the maps for yourself.

[gejohnston]

29. your source is not only inaccurate,

historically, but borders on antisemitic. I notice it ignores the Jews forced from their homes and holy sites destroyed during the 1948-1967 Jordanian occupation of Judea, Samaria, and East Jerusalem.

[Civic Justice]

37. I think not....

I look at what was actually allocated to the Jewish people... as compared to the expanse of their encroachment. (I don't buy into the antisemitic phrasing as if nothing can be said of truths about the Jewish people, that they don't want to hear. I personally don't see them as being any more important than any other people on this earth.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine

[gejohnston]

44. The Arabs refused to accept or sign

The agreement. That was their choice, unlike the Jews massacred in Hebron in 1929 or the abuses against Jews during Jordan's occupation of the West Bank.

All the PA has to do is agree to Israel's right to exist. The problem isn't "special Jews" it is racist Arabs. Your source is still BDS/Hamas propaganda.

[Civic Justice]

49. Its not that simple

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Mandate_for_Palestine_(legal_instrument)

[AncientGeezer]

50. Actualy it is that simple...

You link is of an irrelevant British mandate LONG since gone...When the League of Nations was still an entity and the Brits "ruled" that land

[Civic Justice]

70. regardless....

....... an unresolved matter is still an unresolved matter. And cannot by rights default to benefit the Jewish at the expense of the Palestinians.

I don't see any reasonable need or benefit in life, to value the Jewish any more than to value the Palestinians as both being simply "PEOPLE".

[BeyondGeography]

8. Our Senate leader, to sum up

Has backed Trump on a trade war with China, was hamstrung on opposing his tearing up the JCPOA with Iran since he voted against it to begin with and supports moving our Israeli embassy to Jerusalem. That's drawing some really bright lines between the parties on foreign policy, isn't it?

[dawg]

15. And yet Pelosi is the one everyone complains about.

Go figure.

[Va Lefty]

9. Disappointing to say the least

[grantcart]

22. He is very. He will be cheering the bombers when they approach Tehran.

[alarimer]

10. Does he not realize how destabilizing this will be?

How many protesters have been shot by IDF thugs at the behest of monsters Netayahu and Trump? 50?

Fuck this bullshit.

[LuckyLib]

11. 50 protesters have now been killed.

Trump’s decision was monumentally foolish. Our nation’s salute to everything Netanyahu is ridiculous.

[maryellen99]

12. All of this was done to bring about End Times

I think about 85-90% of trump supporters are end timers as well. The deplorables love this.

[Nanjeanne]

13. Screw you Schumer. As a Jew I'm saddened. As a human being I'm appalled.

[Ccarmona]

27. +1

[Rustyeye77]

16. Sure.. Lets blame Israel for..

Hamas using UN money for weapons
Terror TUNNELS
Hamas having a stranglehold on pal. lives
Hamas murdering so called traitors
Hamas murdering of LGBT persons
Egypt refusing to allow any pal. within 100 feet of their border
The endless rockets on Israel
Hamas control of food give by Israel.

"But, but, but....no one is excusing hamas. Israel should just take it without responding."

[gratuitous]

20. And moving the embassy makes all this better . . . how?

No, let's just keep pouring munitions into the area and see if that doesn't fix everything.

[Rustyeye77]

23. The embassy move was held back for like 2 decades?

and how much progress did we get?

Makes no difference.

there will never be peace until hamas is voted out.... ohh, that's right hamas wont allow elections

[gratuitous]

24. Well, we got a few dozen more corpses out of the deal

So, you know, winning.

[Takket]

25. How did Hamas come to power in the first place?

[Scurrilous]

35. I blame democracy.

[IronLionZion]

45. That's the problem with democracy

sometimes voters elect very shitty leaders

[tritsofme]

71. One man one vote, once.

[former9thward]

43. Terrorism.

They murdered their opponents in the PLA in the Gaza strip. So there was no one left to run against them. The PLA has rightfully cut off money and aid to the Gaza strip and now Hamas is suiciding people in fake "demonstrations" at the border to try and keep power. You notice no Hamas leaders have been killed. They are back in their bomb shelters in Gaza cheering people on at the border.

[Rustyeye77]

48. + 1000

[COLGATE4]

67. + another 1000!

[still_one]

53. I am glad you asked

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/07/30/how-israel-helped-create-hamas/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.748bc09fe7dd

[leftynyc]

40. And let's also not forget

the Palestinians VOTING for the terrorist hamas as their leaders.

[HopeAgain]

57. I see a lot of excusing of Israelis lately

52 dead Palistinians.

[Baclava]

17. He's gonna love this...

[TeamPooka]

42. Is it me or is Trump's name's font size bigger than the name of the USA up top?

It looks like it's just a little bigger
or it could be the same
might just be the angle of the photo

[nature-lover]

51. I'm surprised that the emblem isn't the trump family crest.

[Crunchy Frog]

18. Ugh.

[Ferrets are Cool]

26. But we can't say anything but positive things about Democrats here, RIGHT???

[awesomerwb1]

28. Disappointing from Schumer

praising the dotard does not help our chances in 2018 (or 2020).

[gejohnston]

31. The embassy should be in

whatever the nations capital happens to be. That has been the bipartisan policy for decades, but we cowered to violent antisemites on the far left and far right for too long. I'm with Schumer on this.

[Orsino]

32. You'd better have gotten something good in exchange, Schumer. n/t

[PeacefulPeavey]

33. Why is this a big deal?

Why is this such a big deal?
From what I understand, the past 4 presidents have made this promise.

Running in 2008, Barack Obama also promised to move the embassy.

“I continue to say that Jerusalem will be the capital of Israel, and I have said that before, and I will say it again," Obama said. "And Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.”

https://news.grabien.com/story-montage-past-presidents-promise-move-us-embassy-jerusalem

[Autumn]

61. I wasn't aware of that. I wonder why President Obama

didn't move it while in office? I think he would have handled it in a way to avoid the bloodshed that happened.

[EffieBlack]

65. It's sophisticated diplomacy

They made the promise but also knew that actually doing it under the existing circumstances would result in tragedy. So they regularly waived the provision.

Trump is too stupid understand statecraft or he's too craven to care - or both.

This is a disaster - the result of having someone like him in this office. I'm sure that history will look back at this day as a critical milestone - and not a good one.

[malaise]

36. Has he condemned the killing of over 50 Palestinians? n/t

[progressoid]

38. Pastor Jeffress says Schumer is gonna burn in hell.

So there. Nya nya nya.

[NCTraveler]

47. Sanders supported this move under a year ago.

Wonder why he has changed tune?

[Nanjeanne]

55. Are you confusing him with Pres Obama who said in 2008

On Wednesday, June 4, 2008, would-be president Barack Obama told AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee) that “Jerusalem must remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.” — before walking that statement back?

You are probably thinking of the 2017 vote where Sanders as well as 89 other Senators including all Democrats voted in favor of Senate Resolution 176, which “reaffirms the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–45)”, which said that Jerusalem should be recognized as Israel’s capital and the US embassy should be moved to Jerusalem. Bernie did oppose the original 1995 Act, although most Dem Senators voted in favor. The 2017 resolution also included a variety of things like calls on the legislative body to recognize the half a century landmark since Israel captured the eastern part of the city during the 1967 Six Day War. As well as also says that “Jerusalem is a holy city and the home for people of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian faiths.”

There were no No’s. Some Senators, both R and D did not vote.

Furthermore, the text advocates a two-state outcome based on direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.

[shanny]

64. One would almost think that some folk's hatred for Bernie

is the most important issue. Even more than their hatred for tRump...or, possibly, the Palestinians.

[AncientGeezer]

52. President Obama...June'08 right after securing the nomination..

"Let me be clear. Israel's security is sacrosanct. It is non-negotiable."
"The Palestinians need a state that is contiguous and cohesive, and that allows them to prosper — but any agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel's identity as a Jewish state, with secure, recognised and defensible borders.
"Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided. I have no illusions that this will be easy."

[HopeAgain]

56. I dont care what Obama said...

Both parties have been wrong on Israel's aparteid.

[mvd]

58. I believe there is blame on both sides

Hamas haven't been very good leaders. But Israel has their own problems with how they have treated the Palestinians. Israel also has far more military might. Jerusalem is very important in multiple religions, which is why the UN has been so careful.

[nolabels]

59. Yee! Ha! a capital erected on bloody bodies, such heroes

[AlexSFCA]

60. chill out folks

Obama also wanted US embassy in Jerusalem. My jewish friends who are super liberal and visisted Israel are in agreement with this decision that was promised many times but finally delivered. There are so many more things to focus on with trump like treason that actually matter.

[nolabels]

62. Appropriation and confiscation of persons land and homes without just cause has always been a crime

(well, at least in civil societies). I do hear though, there was something said about tribes and warfare somewhere

[EffieBlack]

66. All previous presidents "wanted" it. But they were also savvy enough to know that actually DOING it

would result in disaster to the peace process. That's why they never went further than talk.

Trump again proved today why he is utterly unfit to govern.

[budkin]

68. Schumer needs to go

He's the worst kind of corporatist through and through

[WiseElder]

69. "Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us."

Golda Mier

[tritsofme]

72. Thank you Sen. Schumer! Israel is a Jewish state, and Jerusalem its eternal and undivided capital!