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Titolo: U.S. Democrats and pro-Israel lobbies slam Republican Senator's call to halt Israel aid

Era prevedibile, e previsto, che qualche esponente politico 
statunitense, prima o poi, in tempo di crisi, avrebbe fatto ricorso ad 
una simile argomentazione.
Chissà se ora è più chiaro il motivo per cui la pace è una priorità 
*vitale* per Israele.
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U.S. Democrats and pro-Israel lobbies slam Republican Senator's call to 
halt Israel aid
* Published 02:17 28.01.11 * Latest update 02:17 28.01.11
By Natasha Mozgovaya
U.S. Democrats and pro-Israel lobbies slammed on Thursday comments made 
by newly elected Republican Senator and Tea Party representative Rand 
Paul who suggested that the United States should halt all foreign aid 
including its financial aid to Israel.
In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday Paul said that 
“Reuters did a poll, and 71 percent of American people agree with me 
that when we're short of money, where we can't do the things we need to 
do in our country, we certainly shouldn't be shipping the money overseas.”
When asked by Blitzer if he wanted to halt an annual $3 billion that go 
to Israel, Paul replied affirmatively, explaining that Egypt recieves 
almost the same amount .
"You have to ask yourself, are we funding an arms race on both sides? I 
have a lot of sympathy and respect for Israel as a democratic nation, 
as, you know, a fountain of peace and a fountain of democracy within the 
Middle East. But at the same time, I don't think funding both sides of 
the arm race, particularly when we have to borrow the money from China 
to send it to someone else. We just can't do it anymore. The debt is 
all- consuming and it threatens our well-being as a country,” Paul said.
Pro-Israel Jewish lobby J Street issued a statement in response to 
Paul's comments saying it was “alarmed” by his suggestion.
“Senator Paul’s proposal would undermine the decades-long bipartisan 
consensus on U.S. support for Israel. Any erosion of support should 
concern Israel’s friends on both sides of the political aisle, and we 
call in particular on leaders and donors in Senator Paul’s party to 
repudiate his comments and ensure that American leadership around the 
world is not threatened by this irresponsible proposal," the statement 
issued by J Street read.
National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) President and CEO David Harris 
also condemned his statement saying that “Paul's suggestion is 
negligent, shortsighted, and just plain wrong,” adding that “foreign aid 
in general, and aid to Israel in particular, is crucial to Israel's 
security and its pursuit of peace. Senator Paul's statement is yet 
another illustration of how the Republican Party continues to grow 
increasingly out of touch with the values of the vast majority of the 
American Jewish community."
Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Ranking member of the Appropriations 
Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, called the initiative 
“shocking”.
“Israel is the only democratic nation in the Middle East and one of our 
most stalwart allies”, Lowey said. “A stable and secure Israel is in our 
national security interest and has been a staple of our foreign policy 
for more than sixty years. Using our budget deficit as a reason to 
abandon Israel is inexcusable. It is unclear to me whether Rand Paul 
speaks for the Tea Party, the Republican Party, or simply himself”.
Meanwhile, Republican Jewish Coalition Executive Director Matthew Brooks 
issued a statement saying "we share Senator Paul's commitment to 
restraining the growth of federal spending, but we reject his misguided 
proposal to end U.S. assistance to our ally, Israel."
"Moreover, based on his comments in an interview with CNN, we are 
concerned that Senator Paul may not grasp the fundamentals of our 
alliance with Israel. In 2007, the U.S. and Israel signed a ten-year 
'Memorandum of Understanding' (MoU) to govern U.S. assistance going 
forward. A critical aim of the MoU was to preserve Israel's qualitative 
military advantage. Accordingly, any concern that U.S. assistance might 
undermine Israel's security is groundless," Brooks said.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-democrats-and-pro-israel-lobbies-slam-republican-senator-s-call-to-halt-israel-aid-1.339662

 
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-democrats-and-pro-i.
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Se gli USA mollano Israele gli arabi se lo mangiano.
La politica che Israele ha seguito ultimamente e' fondamentalista.
Poco saggia, bastava contrattare e pagare, gli costava meno.

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Io non credo.  Salvo per qualche scontro di minore entità credo invece 
che se la tendenza rimanesse quella che appare ora, e se Israele non si 
scrollasse di dosso l'elite "sionista", il suo destino sarebbe quello di 
diventare una entità anacronistica in mondo che è cambiato anche per gli 
islamici.
Diventerà sempre più autoreferenziale, chiuso in se stesso, paranoico, 
fondamentalista, fascista.  Uno schifo di posto, destinato a seccarsi 
come un ramo a cui manca la linfa.
E pensare che ha a portata di mano un salvacondotto che gli aprirebbe le 
porte della prosperità.

 porte della prosperità.
ma lo hanno crocefisso!

 giravo con un amico ad angherizzare
ANGHERIZZARE? A SOMAROOOOOOOOOOO!