To take into account the Palestinian reaction to this move is not pandering to terrorism, it’s simply recognising the realities of the situation. The fact is this will probably lead to further deaths. Whilst the responsibility for the violence always lies with the perpetrators, it doesn’t make it amy less foolhardy for the politicians to push for a move that changes very little in material terms, but will lead to unrest. If it were a practical change that’d be one thing, but apart from one new building, nothing will have changed on the ground, except it will be significantly less safe to be a Jew in this city.
Or to put it another way, I couldn’t care less what the State of Israel considers as its capital, nor whether the United States agrees. It makes no difference to my life. Increased terrorism does, so I am proudly, and selfishly, decrying this pointless exercise.