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1. clacke (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2017 21:48:27 EST clacke
   If the Pope and the President of Turkey agree that you messed up, you're on pretty shaky ground.
   
   http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-israel-jerusalem-reaction-20171206-story,amp.html
   1. clacke (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2017 21:54:09 EST clacke

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      Even his friends-in-hairs BoJo expresses "concern".
      1. clacke (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2017 22:13:48 EST clacke

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         Apparently moving the US embassy to Jerusalem was a campaign promise.
         
         https://social.heldscal.la/url/1045030
         1. clacke (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2017 22:27:17 EST clacke

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            Now this is interesting. The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_Embassy_Act of 1995 was voted through with remarkable majority. Except that Congress doesn't set foreign policy, so three successive presidents have suspended the move on a half-year basis. And DJT suspended it in June.
            1. Nobody [Linux Walt Alt (@lnxw37a2)] (lnxw37a2@pleroma.soykaf.com)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2017 22:29:28 EST Nobody [Linux Walt Alt (@lnxw37a2)]

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               @clacke Looks like you know more about US law than most domestic commenters and voters. I was unaware of JEA of 1995 until you just posted.
               1. clacke (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2017 22:35:10 EST clacke

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                  @lnxw37a2 I didn't know until I saw it in the statement.
                  
                  https://social.heldscal.la/url/1045063
                  
                  > President Trump’s action enjoys broad, bipartisan support in Congress, including as expressed in the Jerusalem Recognition Act of 1995. This Act was reaffirmed by a unanimous vote of the Senate only six months ago.
                  1. clacke (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2017 22:39:33 EST clacke

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                     @lnxw37a2 So the Conservative take on this is, it means nothing, it ratifies reality, and perhaps it will set things in motion.
                     
                     A bit like voting on Trump, I guess.
                     
                     Whereas the Social-Liberal take is that this upsets a delicate balance, gives unstable groups an excuse to act out, shifts the Overton window and may ruin everything.
                     
                     A bit like voting on Trump, I guess.
   2. Efraim Flashner (efraim@tooot.im)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2017 06:51:24 EST Efraim Flashner

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      @clacke
      Palestinians, already discouraged over what they describe as a consistently pro-Israel stance by the United States, said Trump’s decision essentially killed any remaining peace hopes. Leaders called for three “days of rage” culminating after Friday prayers.
      Read: be prepared for 3 days of 'spontaneous terrorism' starting on Friday.