What a refreshing change it is, after decades of the mumbo jumbo of compromise and indifference, to have a president of the United States who deals in the world of reality and is courageous enough to put his convictions into practice. The decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem recognises the facts on the ground that Jerusalem is, after all, Israel’s capital, that the move is what a close ally wants done and that it is meant to be a powerful declaration by the US of what side it is on.