Originally Posted by
PhantomWolf
Last time I checked, you didn't get people on your side by pissing them off first.
At the same time, if it becomes clear you can't get them on your side, then not pissing them off doesn't accomplish anything.
Originally Posted by
ponderingturtle
So we are formally giving up on a two state solution, figure we will endorse apartheid or ethnic cleansing?
Who's giving up on the two state solution?
Originally Posted by
ddt
The only upside to this, as I can see it, is that never again any Arab nation or the Palestinians will view the USA as a honest peace broker. Of course, it never was.
Why should this change any negotiations? There never was any proposal where Israel would give up Jerusalem entirely, the only issue of contention is if "Palestine" would have it's capital in East Jerusalem.
The bottom line is this really doesn't change anything. The Palestinian side is upset soley because they think allowing Israel to have the capital they want lends legitimacy to the very existence of Israel.