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Excerpt: "On Monday President Trump delivered the embassy as a gift without concession or condition to the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu, and as a blow to the Palestinians."

A mass attempt by Palestinians to cross the border fence separating Israel from Gaza turned deadly Monday as Israeli soldiers responded with rifle fire. (photo: Mohammed Saber/EPA)
A mass attempt by Palestinians to cross the border fence separating Israel from Gaza turned deadly Monday as Israeli soldiers responded with rifle fire. (photo: Mohammed Saber/EPA)


Trump's Failure in Jerusalem

By The New York Times Editorial Board

15 May 18

 

he day the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem is a day the world has longed for, because of what it was supposed to represent: the end of a seemingly endless conflict, a blood-soaked tragedy with justice and cruelty on both sides. Israelis and Palestinians have envisioned a capital in Jerusalem, and for generations the Americans, the honest brokers in seeking peace, withheld recognition of either side’s claims, pending a treaty that through hard compromise would resolve all competing demands.

But on Monday President Trump delivered the embassy as a gift without concession or condition to the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu, and as a blow to the Palestinians. The world did not witness a new dawn of peace and security for two peoples who have dreamed of both for so long. Instead, it watched as Israeli soldiers shot and killed scores of Palestinian protesters, and wounded thousands more, along Israel’s boundary with the Gaza Strip.

Unilateral action, rather than negotiation and compromise, has served the purposes of successive right-wing Israeli governments. They have steadily expanded Jewish settlements in the West Bank, on land Palestinians expected to be part of any Palestinian state.


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