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| Author: | Justice [ Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | The Real Israel Lobby: American Intellectuals, Culpability a |
http://michaelcorcoran.blogspot.com/200 ... rican.html To understand the Israeli/Palestinian conflict it is vital to understand the role that the United States plays in it. The relationship between the United States and Israel is very close and of intense interest throughout the world. The United States provides Israel with around $3 billion in annual direct aid, more than any other country1. The US also is one of very few countries who vote against – and, in some cases, veto – resolutions in the United Nations that are critical of Israel or demand Israel to comply with international law by withdrawing back to the pre-1967 borders outlined in the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2422. This support makes possible the Israeli expansion into Palestinian territory and its numerous vicious assaults on the Palestinian people. In return for this support the United States has a staunch and dependent ally in the Middle East, a region that has long been considered vital to US interests and was described by the State Department as “stupendous source of strategic power, and one of the greatest material prizes in world history.”3 The prospects for having an ally in the region is one reason why the United States supported the partition and creation if Israel in 1948 and why US presidents over the years have continuously supported Israel in many ways, especially since the Six-Day War in 1967.4 |
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