Amen to that. Israel's suicidal Socialist government is entirely to blame. They could simply say "STFU" and do what they please. But they don't. Bush and Rice can threaten whatever they want. Congress will never go along and punish Israel for the Bush family's Arabist fantasies, just as they ignored Bush's pathetic plea to fully fund the U.N. The American people support Israel. Sharon should know this. It is his fault alone, and not American pressure, that is to blame for Israel's slow-motion suicide.
"Socialist government"?
Socialist government??? When was the last time you have read the economy news from Israel? The rich getting richer, the poor getting poorer, the payments of social care were lowered dramatically in the last 3 years, etc.
Not soemthing that a socialist government would have done.
"Israel's suicidal Socialist government is entirely to blame. They could simply say "STFU" and do what they please. But they don't. Bush and Rice can threaten whatever they want. Congress will never go along and punish Israel for the Bush family's Arabist fantasies, just as they ignored Bush's pathetic plea to fully fund the U.N. The American people support Israel. Sharon should know this."
History says otherwise:
Washington is penalising Israel for building the "security fence" through the West Bank and its continued expansion of Jewish settlements by cutting nearly $300m (£175m) in loan guarantees.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1094165,00.html
From Pres Bush 1 in 1992 :
President Bush's insistence that Israel's request for U.S. loan guarantees be linked to a freeze on Jewish settlements in occupied territories has raised fears among Israel's supporters about whether it can continue to count on virtually unfettered access to U.S. financial and military aid.
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"I have very great doubts about the wisdom of using humanitarian aid to force Israel to accept our political position on this issue," Sen. Robert W. Kasten Jr., R-Wis., ranking minority member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee dealing with foreign aid, told Secretary of State James A. Baker III at a recent hearing.
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V112/N12/israel.12w.html
CNS) JERUSALEM - The U.S. administration may hold back funds earmarked for Israel under the Wye agreement, while releasing Wye-linked aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Jordan, according to a report in Israel's financial publication Globes.
The report says PA officials visiting Washington are currently discussing with their U.S. hosts the possibility of delinking the aid to Israel from the aid to the Palestinians and Jordan under the Wye accord.
"If it is decided, Israel will not shortly receive $1.2 billion financing for re-deployment, since it is not pulling out of the [disputed] territories. On the other hand, the Palestinians will receive the $300 million aid promised them, plus a promise to act to turn it into long term aid \'85"
http://www.conservativenews.org/InDepth/archive/199902/IND19990223e.html
After Israel bombed Osirak to worldwide, including US condemnation, Pres Reagan witheld a shipment of jets.