The veto in the Security Council does not surprise us. Trump administration's blatant pro-Israeli tilt made a veto inevitable. It needs to be pointed out that the vetoed Security Council resolution was nothing but a reiteration of the old position, that Jerusalem, must be settled as a part of the overall peace process – a position to which US has been an integral part. No wonder the split in the Security Council vote was 14 to 1, with all US allies voting against it.

The US decision on Jerusalem has significantly pushed back the peace prospect as it has seriously harmed the US position as an honest broker. With each passing day, the Jerusalem decision appears more a faulty decision than a helpful one. As has been urged by the international community the US should seriously re-think its decision.

President Trump's cavalier manner of deciding on domestic issues has already created many problems at home. To apply the same attitudes on an issue that can easily be termed as perhaps the most complex of all international issues speaks neither of wisdom nor of any long term strategy of peace.