(Express-UK) Catherine Perez-Shakdam - Over five decades have passed since Israel reclaimed control over Jerusalem (1967) in an exercise in self-defense and sovereignty. Jerusalem is, and always was, unequivocally and absolutely the capital of the State of Israel - it is not a matter of opinion. Israel has valid legal status in Jerusalem. The unification of the city came on the back of Jordan's declaration of war on the Jewish state. It was an exercise in survival against calls to forever wipe out the Jews from the region. Moving the British embassy to Jerusalem now, at this particular juncture in our history, when authoritarianism is threatening once more to dislodge our democracies, would send a clear signal to our commitment to peace and the rule of law. Such a move would reflect a commitment on the part of Britain to help consolidate peace in the Middle East by holding to the values underwriting its democracy. The writer is a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society.
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