Trump's Move on Israel Is One of the Best, Most Moral Moves of His Administration

President Donald Trump's decision to formally recognize that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and to announce plans to move America's embassy to the seat of Israel's government is one of the best, most moral and important decisions of his young administration. On this issue, he is demonstrating greater resolve than Republican and Democratic presidents before him, and he is defying some of the worst people in the world.Think I'm overstating this? Think I'm too enthusiastic about an isolated diplomatic maneuver — especially when that maneuver, to quote the New York Times, "isolates the U.S." and "has drawn a storm of criticism from Arab and European leaders"? Let's consider law, history and context.  Continue reading...