The Consequences Of The Declaration Of Jerusalem As Israel's Capital

The role of the Middle East has been very crucial to the United States, especially after WWII. The U.S. had three strategic goals in the Middle East and consistently followed them throughout various events that unfolded in the region. First, with the emergence of the cold war between the Soviet Union and the U.S., policymakers began to recognize the importance of the Middle East as a strategic area in containing Soviet influence. This also coincides with the U.S. becoming increasingly wary of Arab nationalism and the threat it posed to U.S. influence. Secondly, the emergence of the new Israeli state in 1948 further deepened U.S. policy and involvement in the region while also creating friction between the U.S. and Arab states which were

“The United States recognizes the provisional Government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel.” These are the words of President Harry Truman from a speech he gave shortly after Israel became a recognized nation in 1948. Consequently, the political leaders of the United States have brought America on a rough journey to the current state of foreign policy and relationship with Israel. Since 1948, the United States’ active position in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has seen very little change or progress towards achieving settlement between these two nationalistic states. In the last 65 years, the majority of U.S. presidents repeated mistakes made by their predecessors in office, and this in turn has had little

The Israel-Palestine conflict is one of the most long-term, pressing, and largely confounding social, political, and national quandaries of our age. Since we have been moving with surprising velocity into the vast horizons of globalization, the conflict has built up tremendous momentum and has called into question the adequacy of our current attempts at coming to a peaceful resolution that can simultaneously and successfully address both sides of the struggle. The purpose of this paper has been to understand the prospect of a two-state nation solution for Israel and Palestine. The discussion arises a retrospective view of the context behind the present analysis. We begin with a discourse that informs the reader of the historical narrative between the Jewish inhabitants of Israel and the Palestinians who also seek to live in the lands which comprise Israel. At the forefront of the discussion are some key issues such as trends in Israeli settlement expansion over time, the manner in which these settlements create political challenges towards the prospect of a two-state solution, and the fragmentation of power within Palestinian political parties which inhibit the opportunity for proper negotiations amongst the two parties. Finally, we delve into a discussion on nationalism, it’s importance in the discussion of a two-state solution, and the challenges posed when trying to formulate US Foreign Policy towards the matter.

Many Palestinians are religious, and when the Israelis seized their homeland, they took away many of their sacred sites. Palestine is home to a multitude of sacred sites such as Jerusalem. As you can see by the changes from Document 1 to Document 2, in the span of about sixty years, Palestine has endeavored many changes. Palestine originally was composed of predominately Israeli occupied territories, but that fact is not correct today. Both, Jews and Muslims find Jerusalem sacred, which could lead to future problems. When attempting to establish a peace settlement, there will be vast conflict about it; neither group of people would be willing to give up such a holy city where so many vital biblical events have occurred. Religion is extremely powerful and important in places such as these, so it would be difficult and highly unlikely for one group to compromise. If anything, this may result in further violence. Thus, people’s religion contributes a large factor to the reason why there is a small chance for a peaceful settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Another short clipping from Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech rephrases the connection between Israel, Jerusalem, and the Jews: “They are an integral and inextricable part of modern Jerusalem.” Jerusalem is a holy land of sorts to the Jews, and Netanyahu insists that they will not and cannot be moved from Jerusalem. He implies that they are an essential part of Jerusalem, and not only to the Jews need the city, but the city needs

As of recent years, with the rise of right-wing, nationalistic politicians in Israel, the hunger for settlement of Palestine has increased. Seeing the land as theirs to take, more and more Jewish settlements have been improved and expanded on in the West Bank, culminating and high profile confrontations between the new Jewish settlers and the Palestinian

The religious rhetoric of the American President George W. Bush has raised many debates in the study of politics, it becomes clear to everybody that believing in the Bible prophecy could have profound political outcomes, and for George W. Bush, he believed heavily that God called him to office in order to spread democracy and protect America from the evil-doers. This idea started precisely since the events of 9/11 which changed the course of the American political regime from domestic to foreign interests. This section, then, introduces the words and messages of G. W. Bush towards Israel, and shows his huge support to the Jewish. Therefore, the American President admitted in his dialog with the Palestinian minister Nabil Shaath that he is conducted

HEADLINE: OBAMA BROKERS MIDEAST DEAL DATELINE: 24May2015, The Temple Mount, Al Aqsa mosque, Jerusalem. The Sunni and Shi'a Muslims delegation led by Grand Ayatolla Muhamad Amad Hussein, and Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews representated by Chief Rabbis Arye Stern and Shlomo Amar, have agreed to the preliminary arrangements, conditions and rules for a heavenly determination concerning the sanctification of G-d's name. Will it be ALLAH or HASHEM? Catholics and a multitude of Christian sects offered to referee the event but were soundly rejected by both sides for idol worship, ignorance and incompetancy. They, and the rest of G-d's green earth, will be have to be content as witnesses, although they may not be able to understand the event. THE

In this special meeting, a vote that was passed 14-1 in favor of a resolution that called for Donald Trump to rescind his proclamation of Jerusalem which would be legally binding for the United States to do so. Though as quickly as it were to come about, the US had vetoed the resolution and therefore maintained its stance on the topic. Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, denounced the security council's votes. She has been quoted with saying that it was “an insult” and “wont be forgotten” (independent). Ms. Haley continued to say that, “The fact that this veto is being done in defence of American sovereignty and in defence of America's role in the Middle East peace process is not a source of embarrassment for us; it should be an embarrassment to the remainder of the Security Council” (independent). Another notorious ally of the US, Saudi Arabia, had members state that if we are to continue with the Israeli capital movement, we would be damaging the peace deals with the Palestinian leaders and that the status change would escalate regional tension. Russia, China, the United Kingdom, France, Turkey, Iran, and many more countries had also weighed in on this issue, they agree that President Donald J. Trump’s proclamation is going to cause more violence, more death, and more of a divide between a broken middle eastern region.

The focus of this essay will be the construction of new Israeli settlements in the West Bank region and whether or not Israelis think the Trump Administration supports these new settlements. This is an important topic because Israeli settlement building has been a major issue preventing Israelis and Palestinians from coming to a peace agreement. Also in Assignment 1, I referred to this issue as a possible limitation to my prospective trip to Jerusalem so I would like to further research the issue here. I will be using three main sources for this essay: Al Jazeera, a regional news organization in the Middle East, Haaretz, an Israeli breaking news site, and the Jerusalem Post, an Israeli

Why the United States Should Move its Israeli Embassy to Jerusalem In every country of the world, the United States is required by law to have an embassy in the capital except for one crucial area, the country of Israel. Since the nation’s existence, Israel has had a noticeable drought of embassies in its capital city of Jerusalem, including its strongest and most important ally in the United States. This is because both the Israelis and Palestinians claim this land as their own, and has led to conflict for decades. Countries choose not to put an embassy in Jerusalem because they do not wish to take a side in the matter. While some may say that establishing its embassy to Jerusalem would incite violence in the region, the United States should move forward with this relocation in order to promote

Jerusalem is the holy land of many religions for many different reasons, especially for the Muslim religion. To understand Jerusalem’s position in Islamic society, we need to understand how those from the Islam see itself in relation to Judaism and Christianity, which it serves as a scared place too. During the period of 637 Islamic forces won Jerusalem from the Byzantine Empire to which they named it the holy city. The message of Islam was preach by the prophet Muhammad, within a hundred years of his death, Islam had spread across the globe. Islam is the third largest monotheistic religion around the world; it has rich and deep associations with the sacred city of Jerusalem. Islam is an Arabic word meaning submission; Muslims believe that

One of the most talked about regions of the world in the realm of foreign policy is, of course, the Middle East. Always on the brink of war and full of uncertainty there is at least one constant that the world can be certain — the United States of America will support Israel in every way they can. From $3 billion in assistance each year, to protecting Israel’s interest in the United Nations, the United States is backing Israel. John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt argue that this support for Israel comes in large not from “shared strategic interests or compelling moral imperatives…” but from, as their article is titled, “The Israel Lobby.” (Mearsheimer)The Israel Lobby includes but is not limited to the organization American-Israel Public Affairs

Over the past several weeks, the situation in Israel and the occupied territories has become increasingly intense, and the American media has responded in an active fashion. On Paula Zahn’s hour-long news analysis show on CNN, Paula Zahn Now, ten minutes were dedicated to an analysis from experts on the impact of the recent killing of the new Hamas leader, Dr. Abdel Aziz Rantisi. They spoke in depth about the impacts of such Israeli military actions on the morale of the Palestinian people; however, no mention was made as to the impacts on the upcoming presidential election. In fact, very little was discussed with regards to American support of Israel in general (Paula). In the coverage of the killing on April 18, the New York Times made only a brief mention of the Bush Administration’s stance on the assassination, saying that a statement from the White House said it was, “`deeply

In 1967, the Israelites captured Jerusalem during the Six-Day-War and named it as their capital. However, to this day countries around the world still don’t recognize it as Israel's capital because of the conflict between Jews and Palestinians claiming it as their own. Recently, former president Donald Trump made an announcement saying that the United States would move their embassy to Jerusalem and recognize it as Israel's capital. There are strong arguments and many reasons as to why the world should recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.