Rick Santorum writes about Jerusalem
Rick Santorum's written an op-ed in the NY Daily News (via Caroline Glick) about how Obama's administration is violating the law by not recognizing that Jerusalem is Israel's capitol:
While it's clear Santorum won't be presidential candidate by now, he has earned my admiration - maybe even more so than Newt Gingrich - for bringing up this important subject, and I certainly hope he'll keep going in American politics for years to come.
It is actually not well known that the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 made it U.S. law to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and that the waiver provision of the act only applied to moving the embassy to Jerusalem. A letter to President Bill Clinton -- signed by 84 U.S. senators, including me -- articulated this point.He also makes a point about Mitt Romney's failure so far to unambiguously commit himself to moving the embassy to Jerusalem. While I certainly support Romney against Obama in the election, it's important that he be clear about his policies on Israel, and appointing John Bolton to a prominent position in the government if he's elected would be a good start.
While it's clear Santorum won't be presidential candidate by now, he has earned my admiration - maybe even more so than Newt Gingrich - for bringing up this important subject, and I certainly hope he'll keep going in American politics for years to come.
Labels: anti-semitism, dhimmitude, islam, Israel, Jerusalem, political corruption, United States
