They don't even all meet together these days. Indeed, nowhere else in today's world would a leader with such a disastrous record as that of Yasser Arafat still be in power and still be applauded by anyone. The reality is quite otherwise of course. It is the Americans that have all along made Israel's policies possible, providing unprecedented amounts of money, guns, political excuses and U.N. vetoes. American words mean practically nothing these days.
American actions speak volumes.
And the words and actions hardly every correlate when it comes to Israel. In the end it is the American Jewish community and its infamous lobby, in tandem with a financially manipulated Congress and a craftily controlled White House, that are all responsible for what's going on. And when the history of this period is written, with all the likely future bloodshed and confrontation yet to result, the blame should be put squarely where it belongs. But let's limit ourselves for the moment to the top of the list, the American Jewish establishment and its powerful swashbuckling lobby. This is the same American Jewish establishment that for over a generation so viciously vilified the PLO and any who dealt with it.