Moscow Declares West Jerusalem as Israel's Capital. Are there any strings attached?

In the article on Jerusalem Post, Moscow Surprisingly Says West Jerusalem is Israel's Capital, journalist Herb Keinon gives a detailed explanation on how, in the latest meeting with Putin and Netanyahu, Russia stated that it will regard to East Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a move that no other country has ever done. Although this is a major shift in their policy, which once stated Jerusalem would always stay under a permanent international regime, Russia stated in an open statement on their government website that the new change would start immediately. While many consider this a great gift from Russia, others are speculating that there might be more that meets the eye to the newly released statement. What was not mentioned as heavily as it should be, was the fact that Russia reaffirmed its support for a two-state solution and hopes that "it has created conditions for unilateral moves that undermine the potential for an internationally-accepted solution to the Palestinian problem." The situation continues to be the in the talks is the statement is said to be studied by the Israeli government.

Putin and Netanyahu meet in Moscow

Herb Keinon does a very good job at writing this piece without leaning to either side of the spectrum. As seen in his journalism database on JPost, Keinon's focus on writing is mainly on politics and foreign policy, showing his power to be unbiased in situations where he is writing about Israel and other countries. The article does not use any language that would make it seem like he is for, or against the statement made by Moscow, but instead, just informs and educates the readers on the situation. While other magazines, such as Haaretz, tend to have a more liberal point of view, Jerusalem Post is known for their centrist position (since 2004), according to their Wikipedia page. The article is reliable by getting all of it's information from the direct source - a video recording of the meeting via Reuters video with English subtitles at the bottom for anyone to read. Keinon's stance is shown as neutral and with his background (degree in Political Science from CU Boulder) is qualified to write on this subject.

Putin and Netanyahu discussing West Jerusalem as Israel's capital

While Keinon tends to focus his article primarily on Moscow declaring West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, other news sources such as Times of Israel, Haaretz, Egyptian Streets, and RT, tend to focus on the Israeli-Palestinian solution for the majority of the articles. RT, especially, focuses on West Jerusalem becoming the capital of Israel ONLY if Israel declares Palestine a state and allows East Jerusalem to be their capital. The rest of RT's article features talk on Donald's Trump controversial statement of moving the embassy to Jerusalem and even calls the meeting between Putin and Netanyahu a "diplomatic missive endorsing the two-state solution," while JPost's article does not mention the meeting being anything related to finding an answer to the conflict.

What the other articles failed to mention as well was what the last two paragraphs in the article where he talks about the reasons behind Russia's interference with the Israel and Palestine problem. Since the article is a "JPost Exclusive" Keinon includes direct quotes from diplomatic officials which state that the reason for the timing is due to either a bold PR move that deflects the bad criticism Russia has received from its involvement with Assad and Syria, or a sign that Russia wants to be relevant in the process of fixing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict just like the U.S. is.