Macron, Merkel and May should adopt Trump policy on Jerusalem

East Jerusalem was never suggested or declared as the capital of Jordan or another independent Arab state during the years between 1948 and 1967 when East Jerusalem was:

• illegally occupied by Jordan
• all Jews living there were forcibly expelled from their homes
• centuries-old Synagogues and Jewish cemeteries were desecrated and destroyed
• Jews were denied access to their remaining holy sites

Merkel needs to reject this dark period in Jerusalem's history by adopting the reality expressed in the Trump Declaration.

Britain's prime minister Theresa May has stated:

We disagree with the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem and recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital before a final status agreement. The British Embassy to Israel is based in Tel Aviv, and we have no plans to move.

Moving the United Kingdom's Embassy to West Jerusalem on the identical basis enunciated by Trump will not prejudice future negotiations between Jews and Arabs to resolve East Jerusalem's final status.

France, Germany and the United Kingdom need to get on the Trump bandwagon and move their Embassies to Israel's declared capital - Jerusalem - following their own worldwide well-established diplomatic practices and precedents.

Disagreements between democracies play into the hands of unelected and unaccountable regimes.Bowing to these regimes' unjust and unreasonable demands is a sure-fire recipe for disaster.