Why does the US spend $2.6 billion on aid to Israel while they are ethnically cleansing the Palestinians?
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For some reason we seem to think we need Isreal as an ally, i think we would make more allies if we supported the palestians, Israel is a country that was imposed by the UN. It has got to be embarrassing if you need the UN to start a country for you.
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Consider foremost the common values that bind the US with the Middle East's only democracy, then the strategic value to the US of a strong Israel.\n\nAmerican aid to Israel was minimal until after the Six Day War, and only took off after Israel saved US ally Jordan from a PLO-Syrian invasion in 1970. The 1979 Camp David Accords, which secured peace between Israel and Egypt, mandated increased aid to Israel to compensate in part for Israel's return of the Sinai and the resulting loss of strategic depth, air bases, training grounds and oil fields. Israel's prescient destruction of Iraq's nuclear program in 1981 stopped Saddam Hussein from having nuclear weapons when he invaded Kuwait nine years later - nuclear weapons he could have used against US troops during the the first Gulf War.
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Do you support Canada's claim to their territory?  When someone comes around with a constructive idea to use land that no one wanted before all of a sudden it is prime real estate.   Supply and demand.   Even if you look past all the legal reasons why Israel is entitled you will see this is all about pride, jealousy and hatred.\nStinky Pinky:\n1. Israel did not invade Palestine, check your history.\n2. Israel gets money from the US for support of the only democracy in the region.We also pay billions to Egypt just so they won't attack israel, how about stoping the money flow there huh?\n3. Arabs opened their doors to the Jews? Where are you getting your history books?  From Ossama? From fairy tale land?
1133788
The USA supported the creation of Israel out of sympathy for Jewish suffering during the Holocaust. As a result, when Arab Nations attacked Israel we had no choice but to support Israel. Because we support Israel the Arab people naturally don't like us-we stole their land,(Israel). From then on we Americans have been sold on the notion that Israel is our only true friend in the Middle East and we must support them. The fact is, if Israel didn't exist we wouldn't be in the mess we are today. We are one of the biggest oil consumers in the world. Why would you hate your best customer? Israel never should have been created.... BUT... now that it does... we need to kick the Muslim world's butt until they arrive in the 21st century and forget that stupid notion about the 72 Virgins. When that happens economic stability will arrive and so will peace. Religion is the enemy.\nJD
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Because of African dictators who take western hand-outs and use it for the own personal benefit rather than feed their own people. Poverty in Africa will never end due to this.\n\nAnd "The Champion" needs to catch a wake up. The US is at the forefront of giving aid to poverty stricken countries. It's not Bush's fault if the receivers don't use the cash wisely. The West should probably stop giving aid since it's only an incentive to "freedom fighters" to take over the poor country in order to get the aid.
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You are not stingy. They actually give more than most countries put together. It's just that they give to the wrong people, Israel for example. To buy American-made weapons. Very clever! Or is it?
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Because "...so many Senetors & Wall street bigwigs are Jewish" like the person before me so cleverly said. There is no other reason to support this Jewish Aparthied State, I'm not anti-semetic or racists or whatever you call the person who criticizes anything Jewish, I'm simply stating that your life inside the Israeli system is worthless if you are not Jewish, you're a third degree citizen and you are not respected. \nBesides, If the USA supported the Arabs, the Arabs are people of honor, they would have been good friends and if it wasn't for our unjust support to Israel at the expense of the rightful Palestinians who we helped Israel occupy and torture and kill and do nasty things to, we would have had so much to teach, and so much to learn from the Arabs. We would have grown together instead of supporting this political entity that is called Israel that is an expert in misrepresenting truths and making it's occupation of PALESTINIAN TERRITORY since 1967 look like a legal thing. Name one country that is under occupation in 2006!!?? It's PALESTINE. International Law gives every right to the Palestinians to defend themselves because they are under occupation. Do not forget that there are 1.4 BILLION Muslims and 320 Million Arabs. I wouldn't continue pissing them off and acting like an arrogant person if I was in some people's shoes. The world Needs a BIG PUSH to FORCE ISrael to RETURN PALESTINE to the Palestinians, or we will never ever have peace in the Middle East, it's simple, those 8 Million Palestinians want thier country and this is what it's about, The stuff of George Washington fighting for America's independence, is the stuff of Palestinians fighting the Zionist Israeli Occupiers for thier independence. There's no hiding it.
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Americans are dealing with the Arabs and Muslims because they want oil but cannot give compromises against Israel which is a blood relative as a country.  It is very hard since there are conflicting interests in economy and heritage.
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The media will never report that.   It's the Jews that broke UN resolutions and are occupants on Palestinian land.  This fact gets ignored and the media simply reports that the Jews are defending themselves and the Arabs are crazy suicide bombers.\n\nUnfortunately too many Americans are to ignorant of the situation to read history and understand for themselves what the truth is.
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Please do not take what this govt. does to be the will of the people.  Most of what happens inside and outside of this country is done by secret deals among the powerful.  Most of us detest what the Israelis are doing to their neighbors, and what their neighbors are doing to them, but our national policy is part of a deal most of us are ignorant of .  If you ask Americans, they are upset over a problem here of illegal immigration.  These are people who are not legal citizens who take up residence here to work, get paid, and then usually go back home.  The Jews moved in, forced everyone else out,confiscated the land, and established an army second to none, funded largely by the United States Government, and proceeded to enforce their will on the area.  If that happened here, the uproar would be every bit what exists where you are.  But, due to some clever propaganda on the public, we cannot see this clearly, and don't empathize with the Arabs at all, mostly blindly supporting our government's policy.  Israel was a bad idea that will haunt us all for a long time, maybe even being the cause of international war.  We here would love it to be otherwise, that everyone there would just get along.  That does not appear to be a likely  possibility.  And you are right, the longer it goes on, the more people in the Middle East will blame us.
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It is more of a burden to the USA\nThink about it.\nEverytime, Israrel makes a mistake and the USA supports it, the USA is in for a bashing.\nNow, the third world countries are fed up with the US administrations's 100% support for Israel when Isreael makes blatant mistakes and crimes against Humanity.\nThe USA was willing and championed the cause of Human Right in the Balkan countries but it cannot do the same with Israel because of distrust of the Middle east countries and Israel bieng its only real trustworthy ally in that region.\nFact is, Iraq was the USA ally and Saddam was the USA's puppet until they (Georgie) pulled him down. \nNow look at the results. \nThe Shias are going to cause havoc there.\nSame  in the PLO.\nFollow Israel blindly and you elect HAMAS\nLOL\nIsn't that a treat.\nThe USA (Georgie) is now threatening HAMAS but he caused HAMAS to be elected. \nLiterally\nIsrael would eventually lead to the downfall of the USA
49925
The US Government, for the most part, is ill-informed about the Mid-east. All we are proving is that we are the biggest kid on the block.\nBesides, war is always a money maker and an economey improver.
821512
No they are not. The Palestinians are just a band of displaced Arabs of different tribes having a go at Israel. If they left Israel alone there would be no trouble. The Palestinians are egged on by Syria. The British and Americans should support Israel and not a stupid bunch of Arabs that deserve all they get! The trouble is that the lefties and poofters and dregs of our own society support Palestinians to take the heat off themselves.
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No Israel is not always right. They claim to just defend themselves and this is far from the truth. Look at media coverage that is not from the US. The invasion of Lebanon recently Israel invaded that country because two Israeli soldiers were kidnapped. The Israeli soldiers were illegally inside of Lebanon, but they dont mention that in the US. Israeli has kidnapped hundreds of Palestinian leaders, democratically elected leaders and put them in jail for no cause, they crossed into Palestine and took these people from their homes. There are reasons the arab countries hate Israel and it isnt that stupid line they hate the jews. Jews are not Israelis, "Jews" are people who practice Judaism. Israelis are the people who live in Israel.
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If America is so supportive of giving land to people who were killed in masses by an oppressive government than why haven't they given blacks their 40 acres and a mule yet? They coukld use all the money our government gives in Isael's miltary under the table to purchase the land. Israel recieved more money from the US than any other country and the US military baking them is why they have the right to exist. That and the fact they can have an Atomic weapon but no country around them that they threaten to use it on can.
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it's impossible to speak of Zionist aggression without someone whipping out the Anti-Semitic card.  Also, if you notice, preceding any major push by the Israeli army, we Americans are inundated with reminders of the Holocaust.  It's a horrible fact of history that these Jews were mercilessly killed by the Nazis. But that does not give the Zionists the right to commit genocide against an entirely different population.
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The conflict is over an area called the Gaza Strip. The United Nations gave the palestinians this strip of land as a part of a treaty which made the isrealies mad because this land had belonged to them. There is lots of information on it on the internet and you can probably pull up the UN Resolution from their website that shows the trade of land. Its simply a fight over land. The palestinians hate the isrealies because they want to become a country but isreal does everything in their power to stop this from happening.