Monday, July 5, 2010

US questions its unwavering support for Israel



(Click on cartoon by Khalil Bendib to enlarge)

Consensus forming in Washington that Israeli government is abusing support with policies seen to be risking US lives

Chris McGreal

The Guardian, Monday 5 July 2010

"There are questions that rarely get asked in Washington. For years, the mantra that America's intimate alliance with Israel was as good for the US as it was the Jewish state went largely unchallenged by politicians aware of the cost of anything but unwavering support.

But swirling in the background when Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, arrives in Washington tomorrow to patch up relations with the White House will be a question rarely voiced until recently: is Israel ‑ or, at the very least, its current government ‑ endangering US security and American troops?......"

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