CNN, Daniel B. Shapiro:

CNN)As the United States prepares to formally transfer its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, lots of concern has been expressed about the decision and its impact on prospects for peace. 

It doesn't help that the ceremony will take place in the midst of increasingly violent protests in Gaza, the Palestinians' marking of the "Nakba" -- their national tragedy of dispossession of their land when Israel was established -- and the beginning of Ramadan.
But what are the actual implications of this decision?
I will take a contrarian view: the move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem can actually help advance an end to the conflict.
A brief history lesson might help clarify my reasoning.

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