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Mideast Watch by Larry Derfner

In Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu Is Likely to Build a Right-Wing Government

February 24, 2009 01:08 PM ET | Larry Derfner | Permanent Link | Print

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Self deception by USand Israel

Book, LEADERSHIP AND SELF-DECEPTION by Arbinger Institute (2002) can help policy makers figure out how the US helped Israel dig itself into the hole that it's in. My point is that Israel and US have not admitted their parent-child relationship and by acting that Israel is autonomous, created a situation which has stalemated things. As the parent in the relationship, the US has given Israel half-hearted support and so an untenable situation will continue until they open up and "get themselves out of the box," as the book says. Admit that Israel is psychologically part of the US, and both can act maturely. I suspect that Obama and Clinton already know what I am saying, but I think that they are not aware that this book explicitly lays out how self-deception can be analyzed. Please help.

Hamas terrorist offensive

‘Israel wants any ceasefire to include an internationally-enforced arms ban on Hamas, meaning international monitors on Gaza's Egyptian border to stop smuggling, and a complete end to the firing of rockets at Israel from Gaza.’

Source - Tim Butcher in Jerusalem, Telegraph 7 Jan 2008.

While I personally do not like the Jewish Faith or the Zionist zealots, I cannot see why anyone would object to this. So why the conflict and fighting?

I am amazed at the way the UK media, including the BBC, and the UN have come out in open and blatant support of the terrorist group 'Hides among Mosques and Schools' (Hamas). Do they also support Hezbollah and Al-Qaeda? It appears to me that to provide the Hamas Gaza offensive against Israel with very large sums of money that is going to be misappropriated to buy weapons and explosives is an act of war against Israel.

It makes one suspicious that the Islamic terror group's intimidatory propaganda of cutting completely innocent people's heads off with a small knife while they are alive and fully conscious of what is being done, and showing this disgusting act on the Internet has thoroughly intimidated and cowed the feminist UK media who dare not speak against these people for fear that they will be kidnapped and executed themselves to be used for further intimidation.

As for the UN, it now seems to be in the hands of the Moslems, and hence indirectly, the Islamic fundamentalist.

During the last century’s great war the vicious and blood soaked nazis started by attacking the Israelis, now it is the Islamic fundamentalist. Will the next great war this century be between the Islamic East and the West?

If so then it will soon be time to choose sides, and I will be for the Western democracies and science, not for an Eastern medieval religion that has spread through intimidation, fear, and violence.

The discrepancy in casualty rates...

The discrepancy in casualty rates is because of the different attitudes of both parties. While Israel prepared shelters, early warning systems, hospitals and ambulances over the last decade, the Hamas leadership saw advantages in creating and sustaining a large number of civilian casualties to create outrage against Israel in Gaza and in the Arab world.

A Truthful Account...

http://www.praguepost.com/news/400-israel-rep-speaks-on-gaza.html

The USA should never quit its support of the nation of Israel.There is no country on earth that is hated any more than Israel.In fact most of the countries in the middle east do not want them on our planet we must continue our alliance with them or they will be atacked by the anti-semites around the globe.Have we forgot our history?

the hamas goodies

Ask the thousands of Americans who relatives died on 9/11 or who were killed by terriorist if taxpayer dollars are well spent. Israel is the lab for military equipment from the USA

Jim Dandy

tax payers

The usa tax payers must be happy that someone is doing the dirty work. Chamas = iran is a problem not only for Israel but also for the usa and the whole normal world and the civilians hurt is the fold of this wild iranian beasts who use them for a shield. Please open up your eyes and stop judge israels right to exist!!!

No more tax dollars to Israel

U.S. taxpayers gift Israel two billions dollars each year mostly in military equipment. Israel used the sophisticated military arms in Gaza to kill 1,300 PEOPLE, including women and children. About 5,400 were wounded, some severely enough to soon become part of the death toll. About 2 billion dollars is required to rebuild Gaza and the U.S. plans to donate $900 million. Why are U.S. tax dollars being paid to kill innocent children, incur allegations for complicity in war crimes and then pay to rebuild the massive damage U.S. weapons have caused?

Money Well-Spent?

"Put simply, Israel's military intervention in the Gaza Strip has been equipped to a large extent by U.S.-supplied weapons, munitions and military equipment paid for with U.S. taxpayers' money."

I just hope American taxpayers were pleased with the recent killing of 400 innocent women and children in Gaza - all with U.S. supplied weaponry.

The Palestine Review

http://palestinereview.com

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Mideast Watch highlights notable stories and commentary from the Israeli and Arab press. Larry Derfner covers Israel for U.S. News and World Report and is a columnist and feature writer for the Jerusalem Post.

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