Date: 5/24/2018
Trump and Bolton talk about the “reality” that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and therefore the US Embassy belongs there. They never mention the “reality” that Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine as well. Trump wants to blame Hamas for the shooting deaths of unarmed Palestinian protestors (including many children) by Israeli soldiers without recognizing that the Palestinians are rightfully upset. It’s been 70 years but they still remember the catastrophe that happened in 1948.
How would we feel if they had decided to make Massachusetts the Jewish state and we were run out of homes and businesses without compensation? The Palestinians didn’t have moving vans when they were forced out so they took what they could carry on foot. That was a huge injustice which has been exacerbated by encroaching settlements into Palestinian land and Trump’s unnecessary embassy move. There is no way now that the US can claim to be an impartial arbiter and try to broker a two-state solution. Trump has really destroyed the peace process, which he tends to do to everything he touches. Yet Evangelicals favor Israel regardless of what they do. Did Trump move this embassy to garner the Evangelical vote?
Trump also has executed a new gag order which states that family planning clinics can’t include abortion as one of the options for an unwanted pregnancy. He used to be pro-choice and certainly has done his part to keep them in business.
Is this executive order just another ploy to gain the Evangelical vote? Is he just campaigning for 2020 and he doesn’t care who he hurts as long as he gets the Evangelical vote?
Malita Brown
Wilbraham
