WHAT
HAS BROUGHT ON HURRICANE MATTHEW?
What
Mistreatment of Israel has brought Hurricane Matthew to America? Here
it is!
Obama
signs a document that tells Israel that Jerusalem is Not Your
Capital. The
Jerusalem Embassy Act Explained:
Congress
in 1995 passed a law recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
and stating that “the United States Embassy in Israel should be
established in Jerusalem no later than May 31, 1999.” An inbuilt
waiver authority allowed the president to postpone the move, in the
interests of “national security,” for consecutive six-monthly
periods. Reflecting the strong level of support in the U.S. for
Israel and for Israel’s claim to Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Embassy
Act passed 374-37 in the House and 93-5 in the Senate.
President
Clinton was not enthusiastic about the legislation, which he
warned “could hinder the peace process.” He allowed it to become
law, but without his signature.
Should the
Jerusalem embassy not be opened by May 31, 1999, the law stated, the
State Department would be barred from spending 50 percent of the
funds allocated to buy and maintain official properties abroad during
that fiscal year. The due date came and went, and then on June
17 Clinton issued the first “Suspension of Limitations Under the
Jerusalem Embassy Act” notice.
President
Bush continued the policy every six months, to the continuing
frustration of pro-Israel lawmakers who argued that the intent of
Congress was for the waiver would only be justified in the case of a
genuine security threat.
A
striking difference between Obama’s waiver notifications and those
of President Bush is that in Bush’s case, he inserted into the
legal jargon a sentence stating, “My
Administration remains committed to beginning the process of moving
our embassy to Jerusalem.” The phrase appeared in all 16 Bush
waiver notifications.
OBAMA’S STANCE WAS PROOF THAT NEITHER THE U.S. NOR THE WORLD RECOGNIZES JERUSALEM AS ISRAEL’S CAPITAL, RUDEINEH TOLD THE AGENCY.“The world has made it clear that East Jerusalem has been occupied since 1967 and that it is the capital of the State of Palestine in the framework of the two-state solution.”
Israel
insists that Jerusalem is its “eternal, indivisible” capital, a
claim it says dates back some 3,000 years, to the reign of the
biblical King David from the city. Historians note that while
Jerusalem was fallen under the control of many empires and powers, no
nation other than the Jews ever declared it its capital.
The
Palestinians want Jerusalem as the capital of a future independent
state.
“Jerusalem
is the crux of the question of Palestine and the key to war and peace
in the region,” the Palestine Liberation Organization’s mission
to the United Nations declares on its Web site.”
America
and the World will learn that God Almighty is the Sovereign Ruler of
His Creation and that He Upholds His Promise to Abraham to Bless
those who Bless Israel and to Curse those who Curse Israel. (Genesis
12:3)
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