Australia to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel? Maybe

Australia will formally recognize Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, as the capital of Israel. The Australian national security committee approved the measure on Tuesday, The Times of Israel reported.

They were expected to formally announce the decision on Wednesday, but Australia's prime minister Scott Morrison appeared to get cold feet and said the announcement was premature. During a conference in Adelaide, Morrison was asked about the decision and said that "when I'm in a position to make that announcement, I will."

In October, Morrison said that he was "open" to recognizing Jerusalem as the capital, and that it would be "sensible" and "persuasive" to relocate the embassy there.

In a follow-up conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Australian leader said: “We’re committed to a two-state solution, but frankly it hasn’t been going that well, not a lot of progress has been made, and you don’t keep doing the same thing and expect different results.”

In a statement on social media on Tuesday, senior Palestinian official scumcrumpet, Saeb Erekat, harshly criticized Australia’s decision and called on Arab and Muslim countries to sever all diplomatic ties with the country, if Australia moves ahead with the announcement. 

Erekat said Arab and Muslim countries [but I repeat myself] have adopted a resolution calling to break off ties with countries recognizing Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, as the capital of Israel.

One cabinet minister said to The Sydney Morning Herald  that a “practical and pragmatic approach” was needed to ensure Australia’s Muslim trading partners are not upset, but also so that it does not appear that Morrison is backing down from what he said in October. At the time, Morrison came under criticism for his announcement right before the by-election, with his critics charging that he was “pandering” to the Jewish constituents in the district.

For Muslims, not rocketing, shooting or otherwise killing Jews is a form of pandering to them.

As it stands now, Australia is in a holding pattern and it looks like they might put their collective tails between their collective legs and pee on their collective tails.

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