The U.S. Embassy Belongs in Israel’s Capital, and Always Has
If Israelis do not have the right to sovereignty in Jerusalem, they can hardly justify sovereignty anywhere.
March 7, 2018
If Israelis do not have the right to sovereignty in Jerusalem, they can hardly justify sovereignty anywhere.
In 1995, Douglas Feith helped Senators Bob Dole and Jon Kyl draft a bill requiring the federal government to relocate its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Twenty-three years after the bill was passed—with overwhelming bipartisan majorities—the Trump administration has put plans in place to comply with the law. The arguments made by Feith in 1995 remain no less pertinent today:
If Israelis do not have the right to sovereignty in Jerusalem, they can hardly justify sovereignty anywhere.
Pass the Taylor Force Act.
As do its militant nationalism, authoritarianism, and anti-Americanism.
Some positive signs.
God’s spirit and God’s image.
In 1995, Douglas Feith helped Senators Bob Dole and Jon Kyl draft a bill requiring the federal government to relocate its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Twenty-three years after the bill was passed—with overwhelming bipartisan majorities—the Trump administration has put plans in place to comply with the law. The arguments made by Feith in 1995 remain no less pertinent today:
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