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Why didn't the US government move the American Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

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Romantic Heretic7/16/2012 2:39:32 pm PDT

I’m a Canadian, so no. And even if I was an American I’d say no. It would be acknowledging that the land Israel took from other countries in the Six Day War is now Israel’s.

Now let me make my position clear. I think the Six Day War was a brilliant military maneuver, and Israel did the right thing. Their neighbours were planning a gangbang with Israel as the party favour. By hitting Egypt, Syria and the rest first Israel stopped that.

But, by keeping the land they took Israel changed an act of self defence to an act of theft. There were good military reasons for keeping that land but it’s illegal under international law.

So if the U.S. or any other nation moves its embassy to Jerusalem it is signalling it has no problem with nations taking land from other nations by force. Smart force as I’ve already pointed out, but force nonetheless.

This means the next time one nation invades another the nations that moved their embassies to Jerusalem will have no moral right to condemn such actions.

So no. The embassy should stay in Tel Aviv where the Israeli capital is, and was not taken by force.