Trump’s presidency means ‘greater commitment’ to Israel

Joe Iosbaker, an activist with the United National Antiwar Coalition, made the remarks while commenting on an effort on the Senate floor by three hawkish Republicans to recognize East Jerusalem al-Quds as the capital of Israel.

Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Dean Heller introduced the so-called Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act on Tuesday after being sworn into the 115th Congress in Washington.

“They want to put the US officially in the side of Israeli plans to take Jerusalem as their capital,” Iosbaker told Press TV on Wednesday. “This goes directly against the policy of the US and every other country on earth and most importantly it goes against the right of the Palestinians.”

Similar moves by Republican majorities over the past two decades have been unsuccessful, but this time they are supported by the president-elect, who repeatedly pledged during his campaign to relocate the embassy to East Jerusalem al-Quds.

The Israeli regime is a “racist” one because ‘the majority of the people that were living there in 1949 were forcibly removed when Israel was founded. If they were allowed the right to return, the colonialists, almost all European Jews, would be the minority,” said the analyst.