“I am Yahweh; that is My Name! I will not give My glory to anyone else, nor share My praise with carved idols.” (Isaiah 42: 8)
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TIME—U.S. Speeds Up Timetable for Moving Embassy to Jerusalem:
The Trump administration will officially move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem by May, the State Department said, as the U.S. speeds up the timetable for a decision that has infuriated Palestinian leaders and jeopardized the American role as mediator in the Middle East peace process.
Under the new arrangement, signed by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Feb. 22 and announced Friday, Ambassador David Friedman and a small group of staff will take up work in an existing U.S. consulate in Jerusalem’s Arnona neighborhood in May, to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Israel’s founding. Expansion of the facility will take place by the end of 2019, the State Department said.
President Donald Trump announced in December that he was recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and would move the embassy there from Tel Aviv, an action that past U.S. presidents have also promised but never delivered on because of its politically charged symbolism.
“Every other president really lied, because they campaigned on it,” Trump said Friday at a conservative conference outside of Washington. “That was always a big part of the campaign. Then they got into office, they never did it.”
Last month Vice President Mike Pence had told the Israeli parliament that the embassy move would take place in 2019.
Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is controversial because the eastern part of the city — home to some of the holiest ancient sites in Judaism, Christianity and Islam — is also claimed by Palestinians as the capital of a future state. Critics argue that Trump was essentially circumventing Israel-Palestinian peace talks, where Jerusalem’s status was to be one of the topics for negotiation.
Congress passed a law in 1995 recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and requiring the president to move the American embassy to the city, but previous U.S. leaders have invoked waivers permitted under the law to avoid starting that process.
Trump’s decision provoked protests from across the Middle East and beyond. Palestinian leaders said Trump’s declaration disqualified the U.S. as a mediator in the long-running peace process, while the United Nations General Assembly voted 128-9 to condemn the plan.
Kushner Versus Tillerson
The decision also spurred a fierce internecine battle within the administration between the State Department on the one hand and Trump, Pence and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner on the other. Pence and Kushner, who Trump has put in charge of the Middle East peace process, have demanded the embassy be moved quickly, while Tillerson has argued for more time to ensure the safety of U.S. citizens. Officials said any move to build a new embassy in Jerusalem would take several years.
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SnyderTalk Comment:
“Liberal progressives” hate President Trump. They loved him until he decided to run for president against their darling, Hillary Clinton. So, they hate President Trump for shellacking their sweetheart.
Since the day he was elected, “liberal progressive” Democrats in the House and Senate have been at war with President Trump. They have tried to block every move he has made. Their puppets in the establishment media who are also Democrats have been deployed as attack dogs. They hound the president 24/7/365.
Despite their best efforts to stop him, President Trump has been remarkably successful.
Unlike presidents before him, President Trump has done what he promised to do. Moving the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is an example.
George W. Bush promised to do it, but he didn’t.
Barack Obama promised to do it, but he didn’t.
In other words, Bush and Obama lied.
President Trump said he would, and he’s doing it. Telling the truth is his modus operandi.
It’s refreshing to hear the truth coming out of the mouth of a president. We have accepted lies from our presidents for a long time and done nothing to punish them for their deceit.
“Liberal progressive” Democrats want to punish President Trump for telling the truth and for fulfilling his promises. As I said, they haven’t been successful, but my how they try.
President Trump needs our prayers and our support. He’s working hard for us. We need to work hard for him.
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“The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17: 22-24)
See “His Name is Yahweh”.
