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Israel is America’s chosen proxy state in the Muddled East: the Chosen People’s Chosen People. Jerusalem being recognized by the U.S. as Israel’s capital is a major sign on the road to Armageddon for literal Christian fundamentalists. Prepare for the Rapture Upload. Neolithic chest beating aside, how is this recognition going to improve relations in the Middle East? It’s an unnecessarily provocative move. Maybe it’s designed to really piss people off. I don’t see how it’s making America great again.
The creation of Israel was the European solution to a European problem: the one thousand plus years of Jewish persecution and pogroms. When Jerusalem was captured by the Christians during the First Crusade, the first thing they did was slaughter the Jews. The creation of modern Israel as solution occurred according to the methods of 19th century European colonialism. Palestine had been a British Protectorate, which was a Wilsonian term for colony.