LogFAQs > #891725685

Zeus is right, this is best for the long-term. In the short term, some people will be upset, but in the long-term this was a crucial yet so simple step forward in getting the world to accept the obvious.

Turkey's threatening to cut ties w/ Israel? For what? Israel didn't do anything, the U.S. did. Last week, Israel called Jerusalem its capital. This week...it still does so. If Turkey was fine w/ Israel's position last week, then guess what? Nothing's changed.

If you thought there was EVER a peace solution that involved Israel ceding part of Jerusalem, you're out of your mind. They'd give up part of Jerusalem about as soon as Muslims would give away half of Mecca.

For decades, Israel's been treated oddly diplomatically, the only developed and/or democratic country in the world where the rest of the world refused to acknowledge the capital city they had chosen. (reminds me of Japan not being allowed to have a real army, another dated anachronism that needs to end)
The sooner it's acknowledged, the sooner the world moves on to acceptance, and eventually it's not a fucking issue anymore, like it shouldn't have been for decades now.