By Kim Bullimore
Palestine Chronicle
".....Clinton candidly stated that the reason the Obama administration was displeased with Israel's continued settlement construction in occupied Jerusalem, was not because it wanted to stop Israel's settlement expansion or the stealing of Palestinian land or to ensure a just peace agreement and resolution. Clinton frankly pointed out that settlement construction exposed a tactical difference in the US-Israel imperialist alliance: It "exposes daylight between Israel and the United States that others in the region hope to exploit". Clinton went on that the United States has long supported Israel, not because of the efforts of the US pro-Israel lobby, but because "the United States has long recognized that a strong and secure Israel is vital to our own strategic interests". Clinton did not mention that these "strategic interests" revolve around US imperialism's attempts to dominate the Middle East economically and politically in order to control the massive oil reserves in the region. Ensuring control of the energy reserves of the Middle East has been the primary objective of US foreign policy in the region since the end of World War II, the US State Department in 1945 identifying these reserves as "a stupendous source of strategic power, and one of the greatest material prizes in world history". Israel is US imperialism's chief ally in the region, playing a strategic role in helping to ensure US dominance. The alliance is based on shared political interests
-- opposition to any form of Arab radicalism that would threaten Western economic domination.
This is why Clinton went on to state in her speech:
"... for President Obama and for me, and for this entire administration, our commitment to Israel's security and Israel's future is rock solid, unwavering, enduring and forever"."
Palestine Chronicle
".....Clinton candidly stated that the reason the Obama administration was displeased with Israel's continued settlement construction in occupied Jerusalem, was not because it wanted to stop Israel's settlement expansion or the stealing of Palestinian land or to ensure a just peace agreement and resolution. Clinton frankly pointed out that settlement construction exposed a tactical difference in the US-Israel imperialist alliance: It "exposes daylight between Israel and the United States that others in the region hope to exploit". Clinton went on that the United States has long supported Israel, not because of the efforts of the US pro-Israel lobby, but because "the United States has long recognized that a strong and secure Israel is vital to our own strategic interests". Clinton did not mention that these "strategic interests" revolve around US imperialism's attempts to dominate the Middle East economically and politically in order to control the massive oil reserves in the region. Ensuring control of the energy reserves of the Middle East has been the primary objective of US foreign policy in the region since the end of World War II, the US State Department in 1945 identifying these reserves as "a stupendous source of strategic power, and one of the greatest material prizes in world history". Israel is US imperialism's chief ally in the region, playing a strategic role in helping to ensure US dominance. The alliance is based on shared political interests
-- opposition to any form of Arab radicalism that would threaten Western economic domination.
This is why Clinton went on to state in her speech:
"... for President Obama and for me, and for this entire administration, our commitment to Israel's security and Israel's future is rock solid, unwavering, enduring and forever"."
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