What does Europe gain from the conflict?

Few days back President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. "I have determined it is time to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel," he said. "This is nothing more or less than the recognition of reality." Reaction was swift and angry. "President Trump tonight made the biggest mistake of his life," said Palestinian Liberation Organization Secretary-General, Saeb Erekat. "Instead of encouraging the parties to sit together, the parties to put all core issues including Jerusalem on the table and negotiate in good faith, he dictates." Eight countries, including Britain, France and Sweden called for a meeting of the UN Security Council and the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres said, "There is no alternative to the two-state solution." The 'Two State Solution' proposes two independent states of Israel and Palestine living in peace but the two sides do not trust each other enough to iron out the differences. With a much smaller population Israel will not accept a return of all Palestinian refugees living abroad and demands an expulsion of fanatics, like Hamas, while Palestinians want Israel to give up land and refuse to recognise Israel's right to exist. Israel's history starts with the infamous Balfour Declaration which accepted a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Arthur Balfour was a British Foreign Secretary who issued his declaration in 1917. Britain and France drew an imaginary 'line in the sand', the Sykes-Picot line, dividing Iraq and Syria which is hated to this day, and Sir Cyril Radcliffe drew the Radcliffe line dividing India and Pakistan. These arbitrary divisions were the most heinous of all crimes committed by colonial Britain. The difference between India and Israel is that Israel has used land conquered in the 1967 war for binding peace with Egypt and Jordan, while India has given up everything won by the blood of our soldiers, for nothing in return. Amid almost universal condemnation only A Iyer-Mitra has written, "Why Donald Trump is right on Jerusalem." "Israeli control over West Jerusalem was sanctified first by the 1949 armistice agreement and then formalized in 1967, thereby forming the baseline for the Oslo accord and the UN resolutions." It was Yasser Arafat who rejected the Camp David settlement in 2000, which gave 95% of the West Bank, all of Gaza, compensation in lieu of return of Palestinian refugees and,"most importantly, East Jerusalem" to Palestine. We can understand Muslim countries but why is Europe so antagonistic? Europe is inherently anti-Semitic and has taken measures to restrict trade against Israel. The recent injunction by the Pope not to convert Jews recognises the bias against them. Muslims are allowed to abuse Jews openly on the streets of Paris. Yet Judaism and Islam have many things in common, including rituals. For 70 years there has been no resolution. Maybe Trump has concentrated minds.