Current Events > did you know, Bill Clinton was going to make Jerusalem capital of Israel

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darkphoenix181
12/07/17 1:03:20 PM
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then many Muslim countries protested and he decided to not do it afterall

infact, the Jewish leader Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated right before Bill was able to carry it out

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/12/06/in-1995-congress-reached-a-compromise-on-the-issue-of-jerusalem-trump-is-poised-to-end-it/

Ten days before he was assassinated in Tel Aviv, Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin gave a speech in Washington about the city of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is the heart of the Jewish people and a deep source of our pride, Rabin said at an event recognizing the 3,000th year of the citys existence.

We differ in our opinions, left and right, he said as the speech concluded. We disagree on the means and the objective. In Israel, we all agree on one issue: the wholeness of Jerusalem, the continuation of its existence as capital of the State of Israel. There are no two Jerusalems. There is only one Jerusalem. For us, Jerusalem is not subject to compromise, and there is no peace without Jerusalem.

The evening before his speech, the Congress of the United States passed a law echoing Rabins assertions about the city. Spurred by the desire to act before Rabins visit, the House and Senate passed a bill called the Jerusalem Embassy Act, which formally recognized the city as the countrys capital and called for the U.S. Embassy in Israel to be moved there from Tel Aviv by 1999. Support for the bill was overwhelming. It passed the Senate by a 93 to 5 vote, with four Republicans and one Democrat voting no. It passed the House 374 to 37, with 153 Democrats joining most of the new Republican majority that had swept into power in 1994.

With varying intensity, friends and foes of the United States in the Arab world have portrayed the call as an unfortunate sign that the United States is not evenhanded when it comes to Middle Eastern peace, the New York Times reported a few days later. America claims to be a friend to the Arabs, but it is a truer friend of Israel, one cleric told the paper.

The bill was not signed into law by then-President Bill Clinton. Clinton had made an early effort to craft a new peace agreement in the Middle East, forging the Oslo accords between Israel and Palestinians, signed in 1993 and September 1995. (Rabins support for the accords was apparently one of the things that motivated his assassin.) The Embassy Act, Clinton said in a statement, could hinder the peace process. I will not let this happen and will use the legislations waiver authority to avoid damage to the peace process.

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MC_BatCommander
12/07/17 1:04:03 PM
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And Bill Clinton would have been wrong to do such a thing, so fucking what
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darkphoenix181
12/07/17 1:05:54 PM
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MC_BatCommander posted...
And Bill Clinton would have been wrong to do such a thing, so fucking what


What makes it wrong? Because one side will assassinate people over it?
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Tropicalwood
12/07/17 1:07:08 PM
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darkphoenix181 posted...
MC_BatCommander posted...
And Bill Clinton would have been wrong to do such a thing, so fucking what


What makes it wrong? Because one side will assassinate people over it?

Because he wouldn't be negotiating with terrorists, which is for democrats.
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Balrog0
12/07/17 1:11:10 PM
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yes

darkphoenix181 posted...
What makes it wrong? Because one side will assassinate people over it?


well, that and the policy was originally conceived in the 90s as a blatantly political move to give Bob Dole some kind of foreign policy bona fides going into the 96 election.

to me, if something is being done for political purposes without an obvious benefit to us, and it will get people killed, that is bad.
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darkphoenix181
12/07/17 1:13:50 PM
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Balrog0 posted...

well, that and the policy was originally conceived in the 90s as a blatantly political move to give Bob Dole some kind of foreign policy bona fides going into the 96 election.


oh? I haven't researched it so you probably know more about it. Why then did the 153 house Democrats support it? And why was there only 1 Democrat Senator opposing it but 4 Republican Senators opposing it?
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Coffeebeanz
12/07/17 1:15:11 PM
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Bill Clinton also abused his position of authority to sexually assault women. But the rules don't apply to Democrats.
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Balrog0
12/07/17 1:25:35 PM
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darkphoenix181 posted...
oh? I haven't researched it so you probably know more about it. Why then did the 153 house Democrats support it? And why was there only 1 Democrat Senator opposing it but 4 Republican Senators opposing it?


because supporting israel is a popular position domestically, so it is hard to vote against positions that nominally support israel. and because it was passed with a clause in it that allowed the president to essentially ignore it, the way presidents have since then, they did not consider the cost too high, since Clinton could easily adopt the policy himself without retribution from arab allies in the region
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Balrog0
12/07/17 1:26:25 PM
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http://time.com/5049019/jerusalem-embassy-history/

Yet some saw the 1995 law and its implementation as having more to do with domestic American politics than the Middle East peace process. This is all about vote counting in the coming U.S. elections, Saeb Erakat, the Palestinian minister for local government, told TIME in 1995, adding that he believed supporting the bill would help Dole fundraise with Jewish groups in the 1996 presidential race. And as a TIME article later that year noted, Dole had in fact opposed the bill until this year, when hes running for President.


granted, that source is biased but I think the article overal sort of makes his point
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MC_BatCommander
12/07/17 1:27:25 PM
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Coffeebeanz posted...
Bill Clinton also abused his position of authority to sexually assault women. But the rules don't apply to Democrats.


Did you travel from an alternate universe where that Franken guy isn't being ousted for assault allegations?
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frozenshock
12/07/17 1:28:07 PM
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Could've been worse. He could've made Jerusalem the disembodied capital of Nebraska, and Omaha the capital of Israel.
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RebelElite791
12/07/17 1:28:19 PM
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Coffeebeanz posted...
Bill Clinton also abused his position of authority to sexually assault women. But the rules don't apply to Democrats.

Franken? Conyers?

Meanwhile Trump? Moore?

God you're such a fucking hack. Pity the poor individuals who have a loon like you as their doctor someday
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Antifar
12/07/17 1:28:42 PM
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Chuck Schumer pushed for this two months ago, which feels more relevant
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TheSockMonster
12/07/17 1:28:46 PM
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Bill Clinton is a RAPIST

INFOWARS (DOT) COM
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Balrog0
12/07/17 1:29:09 PM
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Antifar posted...
Chuck Schumer pushed for this two months ago.


wasn't the move from tel aviv to israel enshrined in the 2016 dem platform, too? I thought I heard about that.
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Coffeebeanz
12/07/17 1:29:12 PM
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RebelElite791 posted...
Coffeebeanz posted...
Bill Clinton also abused his position of authority to sexually assault women. But the rules don't apply to Democrats.

Franken? Conyers?

Meanwhile Trump? Moore?

God you're such a fucking hack. Pity the poor individuals who have a loom like you as their doctor someday


They should all resign. What's your point, again?

You already know I think Trump is a shitty president. It doesn't mean I have to drink the DNC Kool aid.
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Wolf_J_Flywheel
12/07/17 1:29:17 PM
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Did you know Jerusalem is the capital of Israel? A US president doesn't make it the capital.
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RebelElite791
12/07/17 1:30:22 PM
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Coffeebeanz posted...
RebelElite791 posted...
Coffeebeanz posted...
Bill Clinton also abused his position of authority to sexually assault women. But the rules don't apply to Democrats.

Franken? Conyers?

Meanwhile Trump? Moore?

God you're such a fucking hack. Pity the poor individuals who have a loom like you as their doctor someday


They should all resign. What's your point, again?


You said "rules don't apply to Democrats," who are currently the only ones following said "rules," unlike your fucking Cheeto messiah.
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Antifar
12/07/17 1:31:04 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
wasn't the move from tel aviv to israel enshrined in the 2016 dem platform, too? I thought I heard about that.

Yup. Been there since 92, but in 2016 it was one of the many issues where Clinton delegates outnumbered Sanders backers' objections.

https://twitter.com/JonathanCohn/status/938219373831090176
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RebelElite791
12/07/17 1:32:40 PM
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CrimsonRage posted...
When did Coffeebeanz go full derp

Soon as Trump got the nomination she went full tinfoil nut. Also one of those who claims to not be a supporter of his but went out of her way to gush over him nonstop
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Coffeebeanz
12/07/17 1:32:53 PM
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RebelElite791 posted...
Coffeebeanz posted...
RebelElite791 posted...
Coffeebeanz posted...
Bill Clinton also abused his position of authority to sexually assault women. But the rules don't apply to Democrats.

Franken? Conyers?

Meanwhile Trump? Moore?

God you're such a fucking hack. Pity the poor individuals who have a loom like you as their doctor someday


They should all resign. What's your point, again?


You said "rules don't apply to Democrats," who are currently the only ones following said "rules," unlike your fucking Cheeto messiah.


I voted for Gary Johnson.
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Coffeebeanz
12/07/17 1:34:25 PM
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RebelElite791 posted...
CrimsonRage posted...
When did Coffeebeanz go full derp

Soon as Trump got the nomination she went full tinfoil nut. Also one of those who claims to not be a supporter of his but went out of her way to gush over him nonstop


You know, "people I disagree with must be insane" is a pretty dumb way to live.
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Balrog0
12/07/17 1:34:56 PM
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Coffeebeanz posted...
I voted for Gary Johnson.


me too!

I still have a johnson 2016 sign in my yard
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Coffeebeanz
12/07/17 1:38:17 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Coffeebeanz posted...
I voted for Gary Johnson.


me too!

I still have a johnson 2016 sign in my yard


If Republicans weren't a bunch of hypocritical religious nutjobs with socially ass-backwards policies, they might do better with my type.
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Zeeak4444
12/07/17 1:39:07 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
yes

darkphoenix181 posted...
What makes it wrong? Because one side will assassinate people over it?


well, that and the policy was originally conceived in the 90s as a blatantly political move to give Bob Dole some kind of foreign policy bona fides going into the 96 election.

to me, if something is being done for political purposes without an obvious benefit to us, and it will get people killed, that is bad.


That's my main thing. How does it benefit us?

Or I could hear "it's the right thing to do" a hundred more times which in itself is a ridiculous cop out that ignores almost every aspect of the decision.
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_RETS_
12/07/17 1:39:17 PM
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RebelElite791 posted...
Coffeebeanz posted...
Bill Clinton also abused his position of authority to sexually assault women. But the rules don't apply to Democrats.

Franken? Conyers?

Meanwhile Trump? Moore?

God you're such a fucking hack. Pity the poor individuals who have a loon like you as their doctor someday


To be fair, democrats wouldn't have had such a reaction to Franken and Conyers had Moore and Trump not also been accused of things. It's an effort to seize the moral high ground and appear more virtuous, it isn't being done because it's the right thing.
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KazumaKiryu
12/07/17 1:42:56 PM
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MC_BatCommander posted...
And Bill Clinton would have been wrong to do such a thing, so fucking what


Wrong because terrorists who hate Jews would be mad and kill people? How can you actually think this way?
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Balrog0
12/07/17 1:43:33 PM
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KazumaKiryu posted...
Wrong because terrorists who hate Jews would be mad and kill people? How can you actually think this way?


yes, this is an accurate description of the palestine v israel conflict entirely
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Coffeebeanz
12/07/17 1:43:48 PM
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Politicians are humans, and humans are hypocrites. Doesn't matter what letter is next to your name.

At some point you realize that choosing sides politically is just choosing which pawn you want to be.
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KazumaKiryu
12/07/17 1:45:00 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
KazumaKiryu posted...
Wrong because terrorists who hate Jews would be mad and kill people? How can you actually think this way?


yes, this is an accurate description of the palestine v israel conflict entirely


Thank you.
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MC_BatCommander
12/07/17 1:48:07 PM
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KazumaKiryu posted...
MC_BatCommander posted...
And Bill Clinton would have been wrong to do such a thing, so fucking what


Wrong because terrorists who hate Jews would be mad and kill people? How can you actually think this way?


lol, pretty good rhetoric there
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darkjedilink
12/07/17 2:17:14 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
KazumaKiryu posted...
Wrong because terrorists who hate Jews would be mad and kill people? How can you actually think this way?

yes, this is an accurate description of the palestine v israel conflict entirely

Palestine? You mean that imaginary fairy tale nation that never actually existed?

Might as well be Agrabah.
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darkjedilink
12/07/17 2:21:14 PM
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Coffeebeanz posted...
Balrog0 posted...
Coffeebeanz posted...
I voted for Gary Johnson.


me too!

I still have a johnson 2016 sign in my yard


If Republicans weren't a bunch of hypocritical religious nutjobs with socially ass-backwards policies, they might do better with my type.

Nah. Big government is big government - the R doesn't magically wave that away.
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The Admiral
12/07/17 2:25:11 PM
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These articles are all misleading. Jerusalem is and has been the capital of Israel according to the Israelis who actually have claim over the land. All Trump did was recognize this. The only reason this hadn't been done previously was to placate and pacify groups that have publicly called for another Jewish genocide. Should be a wake up call to the people criticizing this move, BTW.
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darkphoenix181
12/07/17 2:27:23 PM
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RebelElite791 posted...
Coffeebeanz posted...
Bill Clinton also abused his position of authority to sexually assault women. But the rules don't apply to Democrats.

Franken? Conyers?

Meanwhile Trump? Moore?

God you're such a fucking hack. Pity the poor individuals who have a loon like you as their doctor someday


too bad Franken was heavily defended to the point of literal photographic evidence of groping being called by DNC supporters and not actually groping

shows like the view ushered mental gymastics to support him and say he doesn't need to resign

SNL had the staff make a petition saying they supported him

people all over the place used the "BUT MOORE!" argument to say Franken didn't need to step down

when the 2nd woman came out everyone was discrediting her

it took more people coming out instead of literal photographic evidence to take out Franken because Coffee is right

he was CHAMPION of women's rights according to his party and basically the rules didn't apply to him

had the photo not existed, you can be sure he would not be resigning right now as he was considered by women who hate sexual assault as a darling; in others words Tweeden wouldn't have been listened to spurring the other 4 woman to come out

a special case
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The Admiral
12/07/17 2:28:49 PM
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darkjedilink posted...
Palestine? You mean that imaginary fairy tale nation that never actually existed?


Palestine technically did exist, and the British owned the land in the early 20th century. They gave most of it to the Arabs as their homeland, which is now Jordan. The remainder was given to the Jews as Israel. Both the Arabs and Jews in that region were Palestinian.

While almost no Jews had any interest in living in the Jordanian region, Arabs stayed in the Israeli region because the Jews actually improved the country and developed a viable economy. This is something the other countries in the region with hundreds of years of a head start were unable to do.
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Balrog0
12/07/17 2:29:44 PM
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The Admiral posted...
Arabs stayed in the Israeli region because the Jews actually improved the country and developed a viable economy


yeah, jerusalem isn't important to islam or anything

cmon man
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Zikten
12/07/17 2:31:00 PM
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Trump didn't make it the capital, Israel did. all Trump did was recognize that fact.
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The Admiral
12/07/17 2:31:58 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
The Admiral posted...
Arabs stayed in the Israeli region because the Jews actually improved the country and developed a viable economy


yeah, jerusalem isn't important to islam or anything

cmon man


Jerusalem isn't relatively as close in importance to the Muslims as it is to the Jews and Christians. The most important Muslim cities are Mecca and Medina. The interest in Jerusalem is primarily because they see it as an abomination that Jews are allowed to occupy the region at all.
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Balrog0
12/07/17 2:33:25 PM
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The Admiral posted...
Balrog0 posted...
The Admiral posted...
Arabs stayed in the Israeli region because the Jews actually improved the country and developed a viable economy


yeah, jerusalem isn't important to islam or anything

cmon man


Jerusalem isn't relatively close in importance to the Muslims as it is to the Jews and Christians. The most important Muslim cities are Mecca and Medina. The interest in Jerusalem is because they see it as an abomination that Jews are allowed to occupy the region at all.


The dome of the rock is hugely important to Muslims, dude
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12/07/17 2:33:50 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
The Admiral posted...
Arabs stayed in the Israeli region because the Jews actually improved the country and developed a viable economy


yeah, jerusalem isn't important to islam or anything

cmon man


If they have no rightful claim to it does its importance to them matter at all?
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Zikten
12/07/17 2:35:37 PM
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Dome of the Rock isn't THE most important site though. it's kinda messed up that Jews can't use their most sacred spot on the entire planet, just cause it would upset Muslims to delocate their like, 3rd most important spot. Basically, to Jews, it's more important than it is to Muslims. But just cause Muslims took over like a thousand years ago and staked a claim, they get to keep it. and they don't even want to share it. they try to keep Jews out of their own sacred site. and when Jews do show up, it causes protests and threats
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darkphoenix181
12/07/17 2:37:25 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
The Admiral posted...
Arabs stayed in the Israeli region because the Jews actually improved the country and developed a viable economy


yeah, jerusalem isn't important to islam or anything

cmon man


this is kinda interesting because Mohammed still beleived that God led the Jews through the Exodus to take the land as a promise did he not?

Like, even the biggest prophet recognized this was a Jewish city and it was theirs

maybe he finds that later God changes his mind

problem here though is if a secular state is considering history, they note that the prophet recognized it was a Jewish City

and likely that it was only holy to him because it was first holy to them
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Zikten
12/07/17 2:38:55 PM
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darkphoenix181 posted...
maybe he finds that later God changes his mind

that. both in Islam and in Christianity, it's taught by the more old fashioned teachings that Jews lost their chosen status when they killed Jesus.
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creativerealms
12/07/17 2:41:05 PM
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Yes really I have no problem with making Jerusalem Israel's capital. It should happen eventually. While I am aware there will never be a perfect time to make that move I feel that now is one of the worst times to do it. Plus there are Trump's reasons. He is not doing this because he think's it's best for Israel. He is doing this because people are telling him not to.

I hope it works out with minimal problems but people have every right to be critical.
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darkphoenix181
12/07/17 2:43:12 PM
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Zikten posted...
darkphoenix181 posted...
maybe he finds that later God changes his mind

that. both in Islam and in Christianity, it's taught by the more old fashioned teachings that Jews lost their chosen status when they killed Jesus.


but see here is the problem

1. jews believe God gave them the land
2. muslims believe God gave them the land, then took it away

they both agree on the first part
the differ on the second part

both acknowledge the Jews had it first as well

so if a kid has a toy and their dad recently passed away
1. he says his dad gave it to him
2. his brother says his dad gave it to him, then disowned him and now it is his

would it really be logical to punish the kid whom the dad gave the toy to when the brother acknowledges the dad gave it to him?
we don't know whether the dad did disown the child, but we do know from agreement that the dad gave him the toy
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Paragon21XX
12/07/17 2:43:29 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
The Admiral posted...
Balrog0 posted...
The Admiral posted...
Arabs stayed in the Israeli region because the Jews actually improved the country and developed a viable economy


yeah, jerusalem isn't important to islam or anything

cmon man


Jerusalem isn't relatively close in importance to the Muslims as it is to the Jews and Christians. The most important Muslim cities are Mecca and Medina. The interest in Jerusalem is because they see it as an abomination that Jews are allowed to occupy the region at all.


The dome of the rock is hugely important to Muslims, dude

Only because they say it is. There is no significant historical importance to that site in Islamic history. All of the history they ascribe to it is strictly Jewish history (and Christian history in the case of Jesus) except for a single visit made by Muhammad at night that's barely even mentioned in the Quran.

Zikten posted...
darkphoenix181 posted...
maybe he finds that later God changes his mind

that. both in Islam and in Christianity, it's taught by the more old fashioned teachings that Jews lost their chosen status when they killed Jesus.

It's mostly just the Roman Catholics that claim that by ignoring Romans 11.
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DifferentialEquation
12/07/17 2:47:08 PM
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Yes. Other politicians make promises. Trump actually gets things done.
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Letron_James
12/07/17 2:55:10 PM
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DifferentialEquation posted...
Yes. Other politicians make promises. Trump actually gets things done.


imagine believing this
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