Israeli Embassy Move-Gregory Irwin
Professor
Ezzeldin
12
December 2016
Intro
Modern Middle East-Section 03
Many things have become uncertain from the outcome of the Presidential Election and what may be no surprise is the uncertainty still facing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. With the possibility of the American Embassy in Israel moving to Jerusalem the possibility of reactions and responses are endless.
Many things have become uncertain from the outcome of the Presidential Election and what may be no surprise is the uncertainty still facing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. With the possibility of the American Embassy in Israel moving to Jerusalem the possibility of reactions and responses are endless.
Proposed American Embassy Change in
Israel
Throughout human history,
individuals have usually found themselves in opposition to change in their
lives. Many may find the change inhospitable to their own lives or just want to
keep what they already know to be custom. For many in the Middle East, the
existence of the State of Israel still hasn’t been met with open arms and a
warm heart. Though the initial UN vote occurred in 1947 and the country
declared its independence a year later, many believe the establishment of a
Jewish State, of what many believe to be Palestinian land, was just further
acts of western colonialism in the Middle East. Central to the fight in Israel
is the epicenter of Abrahamic religions; the holy city of Jerusalem which is
the most holy area in the world to more than half of the world. When the UN
partition-plan was proposed in 1947, what stayed central to the creation of a
Jewish State was a neutral city in Jerusalem so that Jews, Christians, and
Muslims could worship their holy sites freely without the encroachment of any
one nation. Due to enforcement in Jerusalem, individuals born within the city
may be recognized by their individual country (Israel or Palestine), however
according to the UN, they aren’t the born citizens of a single nation. The U.S.
has been the closest ally to the Israeli’s since the independence of the nation
and like many other nations, has their embassy in Tel Aviv. That may change in
the near future; President-elect Trump has shown strong support of moving the
embassy to Jerusalem and has just shown his greater determination to make it
possible with the appointment of a far-right Jewish man to be the American
Ambassador to Israel.
To conservative (right) Jews of the U.S., Israel and around the world – the possibility of moving the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem may be a great proposition. Current president of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a stronger stance against the Palestinians and an establishment of the American Embassy in Jerusalem would help the cause. Along with appeasing the current right-wing president, the promise of moving the embassy to Jerusalem would find great favor for hardline conservatives throughout Israel. Since the establishment of the State, many hardline Jews and Israeli’s have stated that they are entitled to the Holy Land by none other than G-d as stipulated in the Torah. Moving the embassy to Tel Aviv would not only reinforce Israel’s position for a claim in Jerusalem but a greater influence for American resources. The U.S. is already the greatest ally to Israel and being the world leader in power (across the board in military and economy) would continue to reinforce the possibility that an American Embassy in Jerusalem would quell any chance of a two state solution.
To conservative (right) Jews of the U.S., Israel and around the world – the possibility of moving the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem may be a great proposition. Current president of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a stronger stance against the Palestinians and an establishment of the American Embassy in Jerusalem would help the cause. Along with appeasing the current right-wing president, the promise of moving the embassy to Jerusalem would find great favor for hardline conservatives throughout Israel. Since the establishment of the State, many hardline Jews and Israeli’s have stated that they are entitled to the Holy Land by none other than G-d as stipulated in the Torah. Moving the embassy to Tel Aviv would not only reinforce Israel’s position for a claim in Jerusalem but a greater influence for American resources. The U.S. is already the greatest ally to Israel and being the world leader in power (across the board in military and economy) would continue to reinforce the possibility that an American Embassy in Jerusalem would quell any chance of a two state solution.
To many, the possibility of moving
the American Embassy to Jerusalem would almost surely stop any chance for a
two-state solution. The range of individuals that would find opposition to the
idea are huge: the majority of Muslims in the middle east, world leaders that
feel the encroachment of Israel into the West Bank is already an international
crime, of course the Palestinians and liberal Jews through the world who feel
the possibility of a two-state solution is a greater chance of peace between
Israel and Palestine. The backlash through the Arab world towards not only
Israel but also towards the U.S. can be intensified; signs of even greater
Western Colonialism in Arab lands. Though the U.S. has tried to remain
relatively neutral to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, a move like this on the
part of the Israelis, with the motivation coming from President-elect Trump,
may surely put the chances of the establishment of a Palestinian State gone.
The support President-elect Trump
has shown towards moving the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem may
add more tension to an area of the world that is already living in great
tension. The move may indeed find a warm spot in the hearts of right-wing Jews
the world over as a further stance of a single Jewish State. The move may push
the possibilities of a Palestinian state even further and greater tensions in
the Middle East may arise from it. The there is still much unknown of the
future between the Israelis and Palestinians, the only known is that
President-elect Trump is unconventional and that anything from him is indeed
impossible. An area that has already seen great tensions in the past may be in
store for continued violence or may finally find peace.
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