Alwaght- Donald Trump can be deemed, perhaps, the most different presidential candidate in the history of the US elections. As a candidate from the Republican Party, Trump during his election campaigns talked about issues that are considered anti-women, anti-religion, and anti-immigrants, raising the hackles of his opponents.
During his campaign speeches, Trump said that he will build walls on the borders between the US and Mexico in a bid to block way of illegal Mexican immigrants coming to the US to join the labor market. He even said that the Muslim refugees who are interested to entry to the US will need to pass a kind of “doctrinal test.” As part of his isolationist policy, the Republican Trump during his addresses also pledged to impose a 45 percent tariff on the Chinese products imported to the country's markets once he is elected president of the US. He said he will do this to assure that the American manufacturers and workers see no more economic damages.
But the very attention-grabbing point in his campaign words was that after he won the presidential race, his Twitter posts about building walls between the US and Mexico were deleted, as he ceased to continue speaking about the doctrinal tests he pledged to give to Muslim refugees who want US entry.
On the other side, while Trump has less than one month to taking the office at the White House, Kellyanne Conway, a senior aide of him, has maintained during a radio interview that the incoming president of the US has decided to relocate Washington’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as part of his support for the Israeli policies in the West Asia region.
The idea had been put forward during Trump’s campaign time, and everybody believed that he will forget about it like other slogans, particularly because Al-Quds is a red line of the Palestinian people, Hamas movement, and even the Palestinian Authority, and any further seizures of the historical city by Tel Aviv will unleash tensions and even war in this strategic land.
Due to the fragile conditions of the West Asia and the speedy developments that are affecting the region, it does not appear that the new US administration will move its embassy to Al-Quds despite the highlight of Trump's “very big priority” by his top advisor Conway.
Donald Trump’s stance on relocation of the American embassy to Al-Quds should simply be considered a gesture to buy support of the powerful Zionist lobby in the US, the AIPAC, as during 2016 campaign Zionists backed Trump's rival, the Democratic Hillary Clinton. The new president once again raised the issue of embassy relocation because he is well aware of power of the pro-Israeli lobbying groups to affect him.
But the reality is that Trump is yet to become the main decision-maker of the US. Actually, there are still doubts about viability of the plan due to the consequences and costs for the White House that could ensue.
The Americans and their Israeli allies are well aware that actualization of the slogan could ignite a spark for fire of a large-scale struggle in the region; a struggle that's final result will be full destruction of the Israeli regime.
The third intifada, or silent intifada, has started in 2014 in the occupied Palestinian territories, with West Bank even being more active than Gaza in its anti-Israeli fight. If Trump wants to make his relocation pledge fulfilled, he should expect intensification of the intifada and entry of Hamas and the whole of Gaza Strip to the conflict. This comes while Iran's Leader Sayyed Ali Khamenei earlier reiterated the need for West Bank's people to be armed in the face of Tel Aviv, a plan that could destroy the Israeli regime if implemented.
The political significance of Al-Quds for Palestine and its supporters on the one hand and provoking a possible conflict against the Tel Aviv on the other hand caution the Israeli and American strategists against the relocation of the US embassy to Al-Quds.
Therefore, as Trump takes the office of the president in the US, his pro-Israeli campaign promises and slogans will change nature into military and financial aids to Tel Aviv. Meanwhile, regional developments, including Syrian governments victories' against terrorists, strengthening the central Iraqi government, and Lebanon’s Hezbollah successes in different battles against militants, boost pose threats to the Israeli security, and even existence.
