by Sandy » Tue Dec 12, 2017 4:14 pm
The UN General Assembly granted Palestine status as an "entity" in 2012, which is official recognition of its status as a nation, a move approved by more countries than the recognition of Israel was. They also have diplomatic recognition and relations with about 80% of the countries in the world. The Arabic population of Palestine is historically, culturally and politically distinct from its neighbors. Degrading their nationality and their political status is a tactic aimed at keeping them scattered and disunited under Israeli occupation for the purpose of keeping political control, but it doesn't make them any less than any other people, nor does it deprive them of basic human rights.
It's a long discussion, but I don't see any Biblical entitlement for the secular, political state of Israel that exists today to have their "capital" city in Jerusalem, nor a reason for the current native Palestinian population not to have theirs there. The Trump announcement and the US policy only precipitate violence, and they serve no other purpose.