US Financial Assistance to Israel
Quite often I have received from
all sorts of anti-Israel campaigners messages that the United States must stop
giving aid to Israel and that Israel must show greater appreciation for this
help. I have addressed this issue before, but here are some thoughts:
1. With regard to foreign aid to
Israel, the reason that $3.0 billion was agreed upon back in 1979 was that
Israel abandoned its oil wells in the Sinai which equated to $3.0 billion in
oil production per year at $8-10 a barrel of oil. How much would it be in
today's market?
2. Egypt has been receiving a
similar financial assistance package from the US since getting control of the
Sinai, by just signing a worthless piece of paper at Camp David, and has done
nothing to promote peace with Israel since than. Does anyone make any noise to
say that the US must stop its aid to Egypt? Has Egypt said "thank
you" to the good old USA?
3. What about Saudi Arabia, which
symbolically receives a few million dollars of US aid? If I remember correctly,
the citizens of both countries delivered their 'thank you notes' to the United
States on September 11! (Please see below for more about US-Israel
'friendship')
Helping US
Economy. The Israeli Defense
Ministry submitted an official request to the Pentagon, asking to purchase a
squadron of F-35 stealth-enabled Joint Strike Fighters (JSF). Each plane is
estimated to cost between $70-80 million. In addition to the 25 planes,
manufactured by Lockheed Martin, the Defense Ministry also asked for an option
to purchase 50 more. Already in September, the IDF announced its intention to
purchase up to 100 JSF fighter jets over the next decade. (Pretence that the ‘Peace process’ exists helps the US
economy and allows US aid to ‘come back’. More arms sold to Israel and to Arab
states in exchange for oil!)
Spy Deal with Hezbollah but not the
USA. A prisoner convicted of spying
for Hezbollah, a Lebanese-born Israeli citizen, was released to Lebanon, after
6 years, by Israel as the terrorist organisation handed over what it said were
the remains of dead Israeli soldiers who fell in the Lebanon War two years ago. (For 22 years Jonathan Pollard has been kept in
prison. Even Soviet spies spent less time in US jails. ‘The Master’ – the USA,
is teaching the ‘Slave’ – Israel, who is boss!)
The Same Hypocritical Game. The US State Department is playing down the
significance of a speech by PA Chairman and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas calling
for unity with Hamas.
Food for Thought. by Steven
Shamrak
Twisted Logic
of Hypocrisy: In 1948 seven Muslim countries declared war against Israel.
Leaders of the non-Jewish population of Palestine ordered their populace to
leave Israel to make it easy for advancing Muslim forces to kill Jews. Now,
after Israel won the War of Independence, the participants in this genocidal
conspiracy call this victory al-Nakba or Catastrophe. They have been playing
the victim game for 60 years and drawing sympathies towards the fake
professional ‘Palestinian’ refugees. The international Jew-haters are only too
happy to facilitate this hypocrisy!
Flip-Flopping Candidate! Democratic presidential
candidate Senator Barack Obama qualified his support for a united Jerusalem
last Thursday after Arabs voiced intense anger at this policy. Within 24 hours,
he backtracked and declared. "Well, obviously, it's going to be up to the
parties to negotiate a range of these issues. And Jerusalem will be part of
those negotiations…”
Two Political Stooges are Playing Jewish Card. Hillary
Rodham Clinton assured thousands of AIPAC activists that Barack Obama will be
"a good friend to Israel." (But can we trust her opinion? The
memory of her anti-Israel stand as first lady is still fresh!)
Barking
Dogs. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Father Desmond
Tutu condemned the ongoing Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip as a "gross violation of human rights." (They did not mention the humanitarian aid, much of which
is shipped at the same time as terrorists attack Israel and did not condemn
rocket fire and terror attacks against Israel as human rights violations! Who
is paying their bills?)
Bush is
"off the hook". Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's political quicksand that may
force him out of the office might turn out to be perfect timing to get American
President George W. Bush "off the hook", foreign affairs
correspondent Anne Gearan of Associated Press wrote. "If Israeli politics
are in meltdown, that's certainly not the time to lock in an agreement that
breaks new ground."
Quote of the
Week:
“The Jews have come from the tragedy
(of the Holocaust), and forced the world to respect them, with their knowledge,
not with their terror, with their work, not their crying and yelling. Humanity
owes most of the discoveries and science of the 19th and 20th centuries to
Jewish scientists. 15 million people, scattered throughout the world, united (not quite, unfortunately) and won their rights through work and
knowledge. We have not seen a single Jew blow himself up in a German
restaurant. We have not seen a single Jew destroy a church. We have not seen a
single Jew protest by killing people. The Muslims have turned three Buddha
statues into rubble. We have not seen a single Buddhist burn down a Mosque,
kill a Muslim, or burn down an embassy. Only the Muslims defend their beliefs
by burning down churches, killing people, and destroying embassies. This path
will not yield any results. The Muslims must ask themselves what they can do
for humankind, before they demand that humankind respect them.” – Dr. Wafa Sultan, a Syrian-born
psychologies.
Beware of Enemy Praise. PA website Ma'an News published a rare tribute to an
Israeli politician in the form of a eulogy to Yosef Lapid, leading Israeli
secularist.
Brigitte Bardot Convicted for Anti-Muslim
Hatred. A Paris court convicted internationally known former actress and current
animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot of provoking discrimination and racial
hatred for writing that Muslims are destroying France. Bardot said France is
"tired of being led by the nose by this population that is destroying us,
destroying our country by imposing its acts." (Political
correctness has become the tool of suppression of freedom of speech and
democracy!)
Never
Ending Story. In his interview in Dubai on June 2, president Bashar Assad raised his
price for a ‘peace’ deal with Israel. The Golan, which Syria’s invading army
lost to Israel in the 1967 war, is not enough any more. Assad is also demanding
a strip of the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. (When
will the self-hating Jews and Israeli politicians realize that anything short
of the destruction of Israel will never be enough for our enemies?)
Iran-made
Multiple Launch Rocket in Gaza. The newly smuggled weapon from Iran, of the type used by
the Lebanese Hezbollah, carries an 8 kg payload, bigger than the Qassam missile
with about a 9 km range, drastically escalates the Hamas-led war against the
Israeli population. (This is Hamas ceasefire
‘goodwill gesture’!)
Arabs
Teenage Weapon. A network of 25 Arab teens ages 11 to 18 was identified and its members
arrested on charges of hurling firebombs at Israeli vehicles passing through
the Jerusalem neighbourhoods. (Teenagers are used as
a human shield and as a weapon by Hamas and Fatah, but Israel is blamed for
human rights violations!)
Look
Who is Talking. Syrian President Bashar Assad
claimed again last Thursday that Israel did not appear to be serious about
wanting to find a peace settlement, because the Jewish State is not ceding the
Golan Heights. (Supporting Hezbollah and Hamas,
plotting war with Iran against Israel are ‘gestures of peace’!)
Another
Fake ‘non-Starter’. Syria rejected Israel’s
demand that Damascus cut its ties with Iran and Arab militant groups as a
condition for a peace agreement. “Damascus does not want preconditions, that
would put the cart before the horse…” (At the same time Syria demands that
Israel cedes the Golan Heights as a precondition to a negotiation of peace. It
is always a one way street!)
Hypocrisy of
the ‘Loaded’ Headlines:
“US: Israeli
blockade on the Gaza Strip has helped Hamas” - a senior US State Department
official (The Jerusalem Post) - The
‘popularity’ of Hamas among the so-called Palestinians has nothing to do with
the killing of the Jews! Didn’t they vote for Hamas before the blockade?
Another
‘Gesture’ of Betrayal. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak
will retroactively approve illegal construction by Arabs in ten neighbourhoods
in Judea and Samaria. The approvals are part of Israel's ‘gestures’ toward the
Fatah/PA in Judea and Samaria
Unusual Praise from the UN. Israel had a rare moment of gratification at the UN
when the country was singled out by the president of the General Assembly,
Srgjan Kerim, for its success in combating world food crises. Israel was
praised for advance in agricultural technologies that have helped increase
agricultural output.
Weapons in Gaza Schoolyard. IDF soldiers
found weapons buried in a schoolyard in the Gaza City of Sajaya last week. The
weapons cache included a grenade launcher and anti-tank missiles.
Talking to the
Dogs. A new technology is
enabling Israeli prison guards to better interpret the warnings given by their
dogs. The custom-built computer program enables jailers to better identify
abnormal events, such as a struggle or a breakout. (Jews can learn to talk even with dogs. Arabs
are completely different matter!)