The World Should Recognise Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital

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🗓️ 22 June 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Many of Israel's supporters, including Donald Trump, claim Jerusalem should be recognised as the country's capital city. After all, it has been the Jewish people's spiritual capital for millennia. But will recognising Jerusalem be the death blow for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? Arguing in favour of the motion "The World Should Recognise Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital" were Ehud Omert, former Israeli Prime Minister; and Natasha Hausdorff, barrister at Six Pump Court Chambers and a director of the NGO ‘UK Lawyers for Israel’. Against them were former UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and leading Palestinian activist, academic and writer Ghada Karmi. The debate was chaired by Emily Maitlis, presenter of BBC Newsnight and one of the UK's best known broadcasters. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.0	Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.. We are here to debate something as
1:05.1	contemporary as it is contentious the motion before us boldly states the world should recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
1:16.0	It promises to be a pretty intense 90 minutes.
1:21.0	Moving the United States embassy to Israel in Israel to Jerusalem as Donald
1:28.0	Trump did a month ago constitutes a momentous show of support and friendship to Israel.
1:35.0	It grants Israel that same legitimacy to establish its own capital
1:40.0	that is taken as a given by every other country in the world.
1:45.0	It is also a reckless move, a move that pushes peace further away than ever,
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