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Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's Capital Is a Welcome, Symbolic Move
(WAtoday-Perth, Australia) Dr. Colin Rubenstein - Imagine if no other country was prepared to accept that Canberra is our capital, to keep happy a neighbor with more international support and a habit of issuing violent threats. Instead, they all site their embassies in Melbourne, and maintain that is the capital. That was Israel's situation until Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital. It just acknowledges the facts. Israel does have its capital in west Jerusalem, which has been part of Israel since its inception in 1948, and no one who accepts Israel's right to exist argues that it won't remain Israel's capital in any future peace deal. Israel doesn't deserve different treatment to every other country. The writer is executive director of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council.