This Israeli Government Is Not US Ally — Dear President Trump
On the Middle East, you have some good independent instincts Mr. President Follow them
Otherwise you need to prepare yourself for this looming reality:
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Your Jewish grandchildren will be the first generation of Jewish children who will grow up in a world where the Jewish state is a pariah state
I will leave you with the words of the May 7 Haaretz editorial,
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“On Tuesday, the Israel Air Force killed nine children, between the ages of 3 and 14. … The Israeli military said that the target was a ‘Hamas command and control center’ and that ‘steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming uninvolved civilians.’…
We can continue,
to ignore the number of Palestinians in the Strip who have been killed — more than 52,000 including around 18,000 children;
to question the credibility of the figures;
to use all of the mechanisms of repression, denial, apathy, distancing, normalization and justification;
None of this will change the bitter fact: 1. Israel killed them 2. Our hands did this 3. We must not avert our eyes 4. We must wake up and cry out loudly: Stop the war
Thomas L. Friedman is the foreign affairs Opinion columnist He joined the paper in 1981 and has won three Pulitzer Prizes He is the author of seven books, including “From Beirut to Jerusalem” which won the National Book Award
Originally Posted by Kangaroo Don
Day 583 No denying that the polarizing Netanyahu "has led Israel to the terrible place they are now in” -- Global pariah on the world stage
It is the innocent civilians indeed -- Gazans in particular between a rock and a hard place -- paying the horrendous price
Though — I doubt, Israel is going rogue.... Everyone knows! you don't mess with Trump
Israel's very existence always required "consent and coordination" with Washington
While Israel has a cabinet and even a legislature (even if the Knesset is a silent, ghost parliament), and also a president, the most important decisions about its security, its economy and its very existence always required "consent and coordination" with Washington
