I can think of no greater mystery in all of American politics that the reasons behind the blind support the US gives to Israel.
There is an old joke about why Israel will never become the 51st state of the United States…it is because that would mean that they only have 2 Senators!
Time and time again I have watched politicians publicly declare their support for Israel. Politicians who will never ever make a decision that affects Israel still feel the need to pledge their allegiance publicly. Local assembly people, mayors, dog catchers…every American politician must declare their support for Israel or else they risk losing their office.
Why? In my entire 41 plus years on this planet I have never heard one damn reason why we have to pledge blind and unconditional support to Israel. Not once. Not from a politician and not from a pundit. The reasons for our support are as deep a secret to the public as are the agendas of secret societies, the global power broker group know as the Bilderberg Group and the goals of our Project for a New American Century (PNAC) government.
Somebody tell me what Israel has done for the US during my 41 years? During my 41 years I have watched Israeli persecution of the people who lived on Palestinian soil prior to the creation of the Jewish state. I have watched dozens of UN Security council violations ignored while others were voided by sole American vetoes. I have watched billions of American tax dollars head over to Israel while I had to walk by homeless New Yorkers on a daily basis. Yet in all my life I have never witnessed a single event that made me feel that our friendship with Israel benefited my own nation.
This is a truly one way relationship yet I am not sure which way it actually goes. I am not sure if the US is controlled by Israel or if Israel is an arm of the US. One of these two scenarios has to apply for nothing else makes sense. Then again maybe, as with many governmental issues there are things we do not know.
There is a great deal of speculation out there, and there has been a great deal of research done on this topic. We can end the speculation if a single American politician would come forward and deliver, along with his or her pledge of allegiance to Israel, a clear and valid reason to support a nation that under present circumstances clearly does not deserve our support.
Somebody…please explain this to me!
Jesse - Editor, TvNewsLIES.org
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As a Jewish man, I ask the same question every day. I do not blindly support the State of Israel. I am glad to see a Jewish home state, but I am NOT happy with the way it was established, nor am I happy with the way the current government is persecuting the Palestinian people.
I have found that many Jewish people with whom I communicate feel that NOT supporting Israel whole-heartedly is tantamount to anti-Semitism. This is an absolute fabrication. There is no connection between criticising Israel and hating Jews. And let’s face it; anti-Semitism is hatred of Jews. There are Jews in Israel who are against their government’s actions towards the Palestinians. Most of these people immigrated into Israel from the U.S. and other places because they want to live in a Jewish homeland. Does that sound like anti-Semitism? And yet, the support the two-state solution, and condemn the occupation of the Palestinian people.
Israel should be dealt with by the United States as is any other ally. We do not blindly support or European allies to say the least; why must be pledge eternal devotion and support to Israel? I believe we should support Israel when we find their actions supportable, but we should have no compunctions about calling a spade and spade.
Unfortunatley people like Michael are not represented in our media. His views don’t exist according to the “journalists” and pundits.
We know better. Thanks for speaking up Michael!
I have been reading three Israeli papers daily for three years. Very illuminating. As for opposition to the right wing policies, the best is Gush Shalom founded by Uri Avnery. He is a former Knesset member, an emigree to Israel before founding of the state, fought in one of the Jewish terror org. but quit in disgust at the excesses, and served in the IDF in 1982 invasion of lebanon. Daily e-mails.
One of the leading tv journalists in Israel has shocked the nation by producing a documentary showing the truth about the brutal oppression of the Palestinians in the West Bank, The right wing is howling. I hope to see it on your web site. Over the last several years I have become a sort of expert on the subject of Israel. May I send you links?
The nation is as divided between “left” and “right” as America.
For right wing fanatical newspaper , try “Arutz Shiva” Reader responses to their news storys give good insight into right wing ideology. ” Haaretz is much more neutral but is considered by the right to be extreme left wing. I have resarched the the real history of the of the state from founding till present. From before the founding the intent was to expel the Palestinians by any means and grab all the land their stupid ideology claims they were given by God, and that means all, including part of Lebanon. Since 1948 the Israelites have been working on the Palestinians a deliberate slow motion genocide. America is subsidizing it.
The Arab nations own most of the world petroleum.
WE want to occupy the Arab nations so we can own most of the worlds petroleum.
Iseral is also against all Arab nations. Therefore they are allies.
Also deep down in Judo-Christian beleifs are biblical documentation that says that any who goes against the Jews, (God’s chosen) are in danger of punishment. So even though the right wing neocons are accually quite anti-semitic, they partner with the state of Iseral in a belief that they are assuring a spot in Heaven. As simplitic as this sounds, I beleve that those are the reasons.