1. DONALD Trump officially announced the US will recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital in a 'declaration of WAR' amid global fury over the controversial announcement. Speaking at the White House today, the US President said his announcement was nothing more than a "recognition of reality and the right thing to do, something that has to be done". He announced that the United States will recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel after days of speculation. And he directed the State Department to begin looking for a site for an embassy in Jerusalem, in a move from their existing site in Tel Aviv - a process which is expected to take years, although Trump has signed a six-month delay to the move. 'IRRESPONSIBLE' Turkey condemns Trump Israel speech as protests break out across Istanbul. ...his announcement has been met with global condemnation, with the Tunisian Labour union UGTT declaring Trump’s speech as tantamount to a “declaration of war” as they called for mass protests across the middle east.... Trump called his decision a "a long overdue" step to advance the peace process and added: "I have determined that it is time to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. While previous presidents have made this a major campaign promise, they failed to deliver. Today, I am delivering."... The move has also been met with outrage from around the world. A Palestinian envoy said the decision was a declaration of war in the Middle East.... 2. ....A certain passage in the Koran links the Prophet Muhammad with Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. That passage, the seventeenth Sura, entitled 'The Night Journey', relates that Muhammad was carried by night 'from the sacred temple to the temple that is most remote, whose precinct we have blessed, that we might show him our signs...' Muslim belief identifies the two temples mentioned in this verse as being in Mecca and Jerusalem. According to tradition, Muhammad's mystic night journey was in the company of the Archangel Gabriel, and they rode on a winged steed called El Burak (meaning `lightning'), which according to Islamic Hadith tradition was a winged, horse-like creature that was "smaller than a mule, but larger than a donkey." Stopping briefly at Mt. Sinai and Bethlehem, they finally alighted at Temple Mount in Jerusalem, and there encountered Abraham, Moses, Jesus and other prophets, whom Muhammad led in prayers. Gabriel then escorted Muhammad to the pinnacle of the rock, which the Arabs call as-Sakhra, where a ladder of golden light materialized. On this glittering shaft, Muhammad ascended through the seven heavens into the presence of Allah, from whom he received instructions for himself and his followers. Following his divine meeting, Muhammad was flown back to Mecca by Gabriel and the winged horse, arriving there before dawn. At this hallowed site, known in Arabic as Haram al Sharif, the 9th Caliph, Abd al-Malik, built the great Dome of the Rock between 687 and 691.... 3. Facing a big backlash from the Muslim world for making a mockery of Muhammad's Night Journey by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the US is trying to deflect mounting Muslim outrage by stirring ethnic unrest in the Chinese province of Xinjiang.
Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities in the world and has been the Jewish capital of Israel since the 9th century BC. Israel isn't a second class nation, they can pick their own capital just like every other nation does. Let's Talk about Real Discrimination. How Palestinians are oppressed— not by Israel, but by other Arabs. The real discrimination against the Palestinians is in Lebanon, Syria, Kuwait and Libya. Palestinians are not allowed to become citizens of Arab countries, even in Jordan they can no longer become citizens. Palestinians face severe travel restrictions throughout the Arab world. They do not receive passports and their travel documents are only accepted by a few countries. Palestinians cannot vote or run for office in national elections in the Arab world. Children born to Palestinians do not get citizenship in their host countries. In 1994, Qatar refused to grant Palestinians work visas. In 2011, Palestinians in Kuwait "were forced to pay a special tax of $1,550." In Lebanon, Palestinians are banned from working as physicians, journalists, pharmacists or lawyers. Palestinians are banned from owning property, forced to live in run-down camps, and barred from formal education. In addition, Palestinians cannot own businesses in Lebanon and are banned from most decent-paying professions, including medicine and law. An estimated two thirds live in poverty. The government will not give citizenship rights to Palestinian refugees. The rejoinder to anti-Semites like Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib is, "Why are the U.N. and other international institutions remaining silent as Palestinians are being thrown out of their jobs in an Arab country while more than 100,000 Palestinians enter Israel on a daily basis for work? Will we see an emergency meeting of the Arab League or the UN Security Council to denounce Lebanese apartheid and racism? Or are they too busy drafting resolutions condemning Israel, which has opened its doors wide to Palestinian workers?"
