***BREAKING NEWS*** Hezbollah Threatens To Fire Rockets At Tel Aviv

[Mackenzie Fay :D]

Israel regards unified Jerusalem as the eternal, undivided capital of the State of Israel and of the Jewish people. This consistent position has been the declared view of all Israeli governments, left-wing and right-wing. All Israeli governments since 1967 have encouraged large-scale construction projects in the eastern part of the city, resulting in the Jewish population of East Jerusalem, which is 38% of the Jewish population of the entire city, becoming close to half of the overall population in that part of the city. However, various Israeli governments have agreed to rationalization of the municipal borders of the city, in order to enable the outlying Arab quarters to be merged with Arab urban areas in the West Bank in order to become the capital of a future Palestinian state under the name of al-Quds.

All the branches of Israeli government (Presidential, Legislative, Judicial, and Administrative) are seated in Jerusalem. It is home to a number of key Israeli government buildings, including the Knesset and Israeli Supreme Court.

As of 2004, only two states, Costa Rica and El Salvador, locate their embassies in Jerusalem (since 1984). Bolivia and Paraguay have their embassies in Mevasseret Zion, a suburb of Jerusalem. The Netherlands maintains an office in Jerusalem serving mainly Israeli citizens. Other foreign governments base Consulate General offices in Jerusalem, including Greece, the United Kingdom and the United States. These consular offices primarily serve the Palestinian population of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and their Consul Generals do not submit letters of credentials to the Israeli President or foreign ministry, but instead, deliver them to the administrative governor of Jerusalem

The United States Jerusalem Embassy Act, passed by Congress in 1995, states that "Jerusalem should be recognized as the capital of the State of Israel; and the United States Embassy in Israel should be established in Jerusalem no later than May 31, 1999". Since then, the relocation of the embassy from Tel Aviv is being suspended by the President semi-annually, each time stating that "[the] Administration remains committed to beginning the process of moving our embassy to Jerusalem". As a result of the Embassy Act, official U.S. documents and web sites refer to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Section 214 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 2003 states:

"The Congress maintains its commitment to relocating the United States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and urges the President [...] to immediately begin the process of relocating the United States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem". [3]

However, U.S. presidents, including President Bush, have argued that Congressional resolutions regarding the status of Jerusalem are merely "advisory", stating that it "impermissibly interferes with the President's constitutional authority". [4] The U.S. Constitution reserves the conduct of foreign policy to the President and resolutions of Congress which make foreign policy are arguably invalid for that reason. The U.S. Congress, however, has the "power of the purse", and could prohibit the expenditure of funds on any embassy located outside Jerusalem. The U.S. Congress has not taken this step.

The site for the future US Embassy has been demarcated by Israel and the US, and is maintained in the western Jerusalem neighborhood of Talpiot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positions_on_Jerusalem

[ska sweetie]

Israel has already bombed Beirut

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3286060,00.html

[Ut a melior locus]

ISRAEL EXISTS BECAUSE IT FOUGHT OFF ARAB INVADERS SUCCESFULLY, NOT BECAUSE OF SOME PIECE OF PAPER. I can type in all caps too, see?

For agreements to work, both sides need to agree. If you honestly don't think this is the case, then you are an idiot. If your landlord no longer agrees to let you rent your house, are you still obligated to pay rent?

[Spexs]

You can type in caps too, but I have the actual "PIECE OF PAPER" that you call to show what I mean. Israel just didn't pop up one day, nor was it established due to a war. The 1947 war began AFTER, and let me repeat that, AFTER the Partition Plan was approved. This means, Israel existed a mere few months BEFORE the Arabs attacked.

Therefore, Israel's existence depends on that piece of paper. Without a doubt. And when you say all bets are off and you will dismiss that paper, then you dismiss Israel, as part of that paper established the very nation Jews live in today.

I don't see how people can't understand this.

[Sprinkles!!!]

Umm, yeah, ISRAEL REGARDS blah blah blah....

Too bad all of the Arabic world and most of the international community could care less what the Zionist state says.

So, to you.

Jerusalem, as outlined under the 1947 Partition Plan(something to which the Israelis agreed to, by the way) is under UN control. But because Zionists have the urge for land quest, they now claim it as their own.

Get more educated you American retard. Don't force me to lump you with Zionists.

[Jackie:)]

The piece of paper isn't what has kept Israel around, nor is it what ensured Israel's survival. The partition plan was words on a page, and since the other side didn't agree to them, they became null and void. Israel was forced to forge its own national borders and identity, and it did. Stop crying about it.

But hey, arguing with you about this is absolutely useless, isn't it? So you go back to wishing Israel's destruction and the extermination of the Jews, I will go back to being sane, and we call it a day.

[Jonatha]

1947 partition plan doesn't mean shit. Why? Because the Arabs rejected it and invaded.

[Mrs. Teach]

We're not talking about Arabs here, we're talking about ISRAELIS. They are the ones who are claiming Jerusalem is theirs. Since the Israelis were the only ones who DID AGREE to the 1947 plan, it is their obligation to follow it.

There is no excuse to simply say "Well, the Arabs rejected the plan, so our agreement to the plan is invalid and we can take all land we want."

No, it means the Israelis HAVE TO follow the plan, as they agreed to it, in written words. Your obligation to a plan does not fall apart simply because your adversary has rejected it.

[easy24q]

And so did Israel's existence at that moment . But since no one gives a shit nowadays, it doesn't matter.

Israel can't draw its own borders when it shouldn't even exist due to the fact that the Parition Plan is all bets off.

Being sane with Western logic is an oxymoron.

[Helpy_Helper]