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Spare a dime, bro?

Eldridge Cleaver. | 19.10.2009 11:04

You owe me.

Help us, bro?
Help us, bro?


The problem with Israel is that it wants not only to occupy but also to keep the West Bank and its population for its own use, indefinitely.

This is why Israel will not stop building settlements there.

Israel is using the $3 billion in direct foreign assistance from the US taxpayer each year to continue paying for these settlements.

In per capita terms, the United States gives each Israeli a direct subsidy worth about $500 per year.

This money could be better used to help American citizens who are facing foreclosures.

Eldridge Cleaver.

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playground slagging match

19.10.2009 11:46

There is a direct link between the US funding to israel and the ilegal settlements being built on occupied land.It is not a case of 'hating' anyone, it is a matter of fairness, equal rights and justice. A fair, open and public analysis of the situation is long overdue. The continual reference to rockets, terrorists and anti semitism is not helpful in the slightest and it keeps the dialogue at the level of an uninformed slagging match. Many old people in palestine have spent their whole lives under occcupation, think about it -- year after year. It would be nice to hear constructive ideas about helping both sides of this conflict, there is obviously great trauma on both sides, even the perpetrators of the abuse. What are the ideologies at stake here?

moses