So much truth in one column: Israel wouldn’t be able to survive for very long without American support. Since 1949, America’s economic aid to Israel amounts to a staggering $118 billion and America continues to subsidize the Jewish state to the tune of $3 billion annually... Israel relies on America to shield it from the conse- quences of its habitual violations of international law.... All of Israel’s civilian settlements on the West Bank violate the Fourth Geneva Convention, but Israel continues to expand them.... [T]he occupation foments anti-American sentiment throughout the Islamic world. Every newspaper in English should run this. (New York Times; by Avi Shlaim, Israeli-British scholar; thanks to Lisa Goldman.)
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 15:41:32 +0000
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