Gasoline on the Flames

US Vice President Mike Pence has confirmed that Donald Trump is thinking about moving the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

"The US will no longer allow the UN to be used as a forum for invective against Israel or the West,” the vice president added.

  RT

Hmmmm...that sounds like a threat.

Still, I wouldn't count on Trump actually doing everything he claims he's going to do.  And if he's only "thinking about it" - he gets easily distracted.

In July of 1980, Israel passed a law that declared Jerusalem the united capital of Israel. The United Nations Security Council responded with a resolution condemning Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem and declared it a violation of international law.

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In 2006, Costa Rica and El Salvador were the last to move their embassies out of Jerusalem, joining the rest of the world in locating their embassies in Tel Aviv.

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The US has never had its embassy in Jerusalem. It has always been in Tel Aviv.

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In 1989, Israel began leasing to the US a plot of land in Jerusalem for a new embassy. The 99-year lease cost $1 per year. To this day, the plot has not been developed, and it remains an empty field.

In 1995, the US Congress passed a law requiring America to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Proponents said the US should respect Israel's choice of Jerusalem as its capital, and recognize it as such.

Every president since 1995 -- Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama -- has declined to move the embassy, citing national security interests.

  CNN

Not that it would be a good idea, but if Congress passed the law...WTF? I would think Trump would be more adamant about moving the embassy, citing the law as reason.

If the United States moved the embassy to Jerusalem, it would mean that the US effectively recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. That would overturn 70 years of international consensus, and, many argue, would effectively signal the end of moves to achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

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Palestinian leaders are adamant that an embassy move to Jerusalem would be a violation of international law, and a huge setback to peace hopes. President Mahmoud Abbas has turned to other world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Jordan's King Abdullah, to help pressure Trump to change his mind.

Well, that complicates things for the Trumpster, doesn't it?  Not that he ever seems to be bothered about details and complications.

 ...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.