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When will Israel start supporting America?

Published: 31 March, 2010, 18:04
Edited: 15 July, 2010, 08:10


Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Barack Obama

With the US taxpayer already shelling out huge sums for the benefit of Israel, will Washington’s demands to freeze Israeli settlement construction come about, or is the relationship between the two truly one-sided?

 
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Vladimir April 01, 2010, 04:20 quote
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Israel sees its relations with America as an opportunity for making a good business. Jews spend a lot of money to bribe US Congress and Senate. According to some US estimations there are 70-80% of all Senators/Congressmen that are controlled by AIPAC. In return Jews get much more funds (tens and hundreds of $billions) from the US taxpayers for Israel and for supporting large financial instituions in the US that are owned by them. That is a good business for Jews - the most profitable than they have ever had in history. The loosers are 300 milion American taxpayers which get virtually plundered by some 3.5 milion US Jews every day for billions of dollars. However, such a situation is untenable for a long term as more and more Americans are becoming aware of that. Jews are also aware of this change because not even the main US media (owned by Jews) cannot hide the real truth from the wide public. That is why Jewish money flows off America at an accelerated rate towards other destinations worldwide. Jews do not really care about American interests in Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere. When they suck the last dollar, and the very last drop of blood from the American nation, they will fly away to where their money has already been secured. America will stay as the third level country and its citizens to keep wondering on what all that has happened to them. So, the most direct answer on "When will Israel start supporting America?" could very well be "Are you joking?".

Jacko April 01, 2010, 09:10 quote
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Israel government are always taking and not giving. A very bad representation of what Jews are supposed to be about. They demonstrate the worst of humanity by exercising Greed, Violence, Anti social behavior, Human rights violations, corrupt business ethics, they are cheats and liars. Why would anyone expect Israel to give anything to any body for any reason?? Israel will take money and gives back nothing. What a horrid display of humanity.

Zak April 01, 2010, 14:25 quote
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Answer to your title is never(at least never as Usa support Israel all the way)...I can not escape thinking that Israel behave with total dissrespect for America. I thing Israel is using Usa in a smart way...It is not first time and it wont be last one in history, that a small state abuse big power who help them..."Of course, Usa can help the parties resolve their problem but it cannot SOLVE problems for parties""peace cannot be imposed from outside"-Netanyahu said! Of course, mr.Netanyahu the same thing DID NOT COUNT IN 1947-48 BUT TODAY IT DOES! Of cource PEACE can not be imposed from outside(becouse you got power but poor Palestinians are unarm compare with you)-you dictate the "terms"...But WAR can be imposed from outside(when you needed help 1947-48) to establish your state ...Usa took huge blame(all) for your state (it will be a long lasting impact on Usa security-for ever) so today you can not even listen a good advice for PEACE! Usa try simple to tell you to stop stilling more Palestinian land(include East Jerusalem)and to make a LONG LASTING PEACE or you will indanger in future(those times will come for sure if you dont stop ) what you got(everything)...Your appetite is huge so you can not even start supporting Usa when they asking a correct thing to do!When those times arive probable you will need Usa again....Thanke you!

Silvia April 03, 2010, 06:31 quote
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I do not agree about the fact that Israel has always been taking and not giving. It has left Gaza and what did it receive in exchange? Only rockets on its towns. And why Palestinians have not been able to create its own state when most part of Palestine was not occupied by the Israelis (since 1948 up to the war, provoqued by the Arabs, in 1967)?

Abe Bird April 04, 2010, 17:58 quote
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Are you really expect every state that purchase Russia's jets and tanks to fully obeying to Russia national interests even when oppose that state? The US and Israel have good relations that benefits both. Israel helped the US in very sensitive cases, even while the US needed to compete with the USSR. Israel always knew about the USSR, mainly through Arab channels, more than the mighty CIA knew. Israel also helps the US today with much of technical, scientific and military know-how almost for no paying. The new technology invention of the "Arrow" missile passed to the US freely and they chose to invest in the project half of the money in condition that some of the producing will be made in US industry too. In that way the US enjoys lot of Israel military and scientific inventions and developments, from drowns and missiles up to electronic and military components. It is assumed that Israel taking part in producing more than 1000 military usage components for the US, most of them derived from Israeli inventions. Being a fair mediator is not pushing the Israeli side with peanuts’ promises and at the same time relinquishes the Arabs with fulfilling their duty to stop terror and dismantle the terror organizations. Your interpretations of the US and Israeli relations are dull and farce and it seems that your perspective influenced by your illusions only.

Truthammer April 04, 2010, 23:42 quote
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There are many jews in Israel who do not support the Zionist extremists who control the Israeli government . They are suppressed in the media . Just like in America , the mainstream media don't report the massive protests against the American government . Americans are still waiting for justice for the sailors killed by Israeli air attack on the U.S.S. Liberty . Thirty-four Americans were killed that day and the survivors were censured by the American government and banned for life from talking about it under threat of imprisonment. Israel is the puppet-master of America - only American citizens don't see it ! The Mossad has infiltrated the CIA and that is why you will only see these verbal spats by politicians . The real power structure does not change . The Zionists under Bush are now the same Zionists under Obama - nothing has changed !

A. SeventhSonOfASeventhSon July 15, 2010, 03:09 quote
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I am.

The Prophet Dawood July 15, 2010, 03:23 quote
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There are thousand of Lewinsky Ladies working 24/7 for the sake of Israel as we are speaking. Sex can be a very great manipulating tool. Another great tool can be christianity. "if you help the people of God, then you will have a reward". The fear of not entering the heavens unless you help the juws can be a great something.

Voltaire July 06, 2011, 08:04 quote
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About aid to Israel. Israel's GDP ( I mean the purchasing power parity) for the year 2011 is over 222 billion dollars. The per capita annual income is slightly over 30,000 dollars. On top of it Israel does not have external debt, in fact (not many people know it) Israel LENDS money to other countries.  Most people think of Israel in terms of its military might only, but Israel also is the biggest financial center of the Middle East. 

 

The 3 billion dollars that Israel gets from the U.S. equals slightly over 1% of Israeli annual income. I don't say that Israel would not notice if the aid is withdrawn, but by any stretch of imagination, this "aid" plays very little role for Israel. On top of it Israel ALWAYS spends this aid money in America. This means that Israel orders weapons from American manufacturers, so this aid goes back to America and creates jobs.

 

Voltaire July 06, 2011, 08:08 quote
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A few words about Biden. He sold himself as an "expert" on foreign relations and is supposed to be an "advisor" to Obama. He started his vice-presidency with the famous speech in AIPAC where he said that Israel will have to humbly swallow the idea that Iran will have in the end nuclear weapons. Iran that threatened to wipe Israel off the map in his speech was granted the rights for nuclear weapons. American military, intelligence and law enforcement structures were infuriated more than AIPAC. American business community that deals with Israel felt the same way. White House got a storm  of phone calls.

Biden was forced to apologize, he said he was misunderstood. But the damage was done. If I considered myself an expert on international relations, after saying what Biden said in AIPAC I wouldn't go to Israel with the mission of "friendship" or "mending ties". After all, Israelis are an Old Testament people, "an eye for an eye" so to speak. It was obvious that they would show how much they value Biden's friendship. As a result he made a fool out of himself there, but that's his own fault.

 

Voltaire July 06, 2011, 08:10 quote
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Going back to your rhetoric question, when Israel begins to supports us? Israel actually supports America on many fronts. American intelligence community gets crucial help from Israel, in the absence of this help CIA and other agencies would have to spend infinitely more money, time and effort, and risk the lives of their operatives. No wonder U.S. intelligence leaders get mad when an ignorant politician who recently won elections and became a new occupant of the White House starts making suggestions of cutting Israeli aid. The format of this short article does not allow to elaborate on many other directions in which Israel helps U.S., but cooperation continues in business, finance, science and technology and other spheres.  So Jerusalem believes this aid you are talking about is peanuts comparing to what America gets in return. And people in Washington who know how much friendship with Israel benefits America fully share this view.

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