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Trump Keeps Claiming That the Jerusalem Embassy Will Bring Peace

His administration is refusing to own up to the real consequences that his decision will have on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Source: Ronen Zvulun / Reuters

Moving the United States embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, as President Trump did on Monday, constitutes a momentous show of support and friendship to Israelis. It is a recognition of the importance that Jews have attached to Jerusalem for millennia. It grants Israel the same legitimacy to establish its own capital that is taken as a given by every other country in the world. It is a worthy policy initiative in its own right, and should have been done decades ago.

Moving the embassy is not, however, a policy that will break the

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