It says Israel offered aid.
The Monday after the storm, yes I said Tuesday because it was Tuesday in Israel.
The aid could have been there the next day.
It wasn't, because the US turned it down.
Israel offered aid, you've established that, the US turned it down.
This is common knowledge. What is your point?
The spokesman for the State Department said in the presser: "The US will accept ALL offers of foreign assisstance". What is it that you don't understand about that? Also my point is that Diane West wrote her article on the 17th claiming that Israel was not mentioned in the briefing the day before. Israel was mentioned a full 16 days prior. I see absolutely NO PROOF that the US turned down aid from Israel. That is my point.
actually my bad..I had the calender turned to the wrong month..lol. the state department briefing that i linked to would have been thursday after the storm (still Israel was mentioned a full 16 days before Diane West article). Going to listen to the other days. I know this is sounding silly, but I want to know the truth at this point and so far we have proven one lie. The US DID mention Israel's offer of assistance, which makes the rest of the article suspect.
seems someone else got to the bottom of this on the other forum discussion:
From the Republican Jewish Coalition E-Newsletter of 9/9/05:
Bush administration thanks Israel for contributing to the hurricane relief effort
An erroneous article released by The World Tribune and circulated in an email campaign, suggests that anti-Israel sentiment by State Department officials led them to refuse Israeli aid for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
While The World Tribune claims the Bush administration “asked Israel to postpone sending aid,” and that “The United States has avoided any mention of Israeli participation in the international aid effort for the victims of Hurricane Katrina” – this is simply not the case.
Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and President Bush have welcomed relief support from any country, and have publicly applauded many nations, including Israel for their support. At the swearing-in ceremony for Karen Hughes as Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, President Bush thanked those nations that had offered aid to the Gulf region:
Think of this, Afghanistan has pledged a hundred thousand dollars to aid -- in aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Ambassador, thank you. Canada has sent ships with disaster supplies. Air Canada -- Air Canada's planes assisted in the evacuation. Israel sent tents and mineral water and medical supplies. Italy has sent beds and sheets and blankets and inflatable rafts to help with rescue efforts. Kuwait has pledged $400 million in oil and a hundred million dollars in humanitarian aid. Qatar and the UAE has pledged $100 million each. Sri Lanka, one of the world's most impoverished nations that is struggling to overcome the effects of the tsunami, has sent a donation of $25,000.
As the JTA reports, relief not immediately accepted by the United States may have been the result of “bureaucratic difficulties involved in absorbing thousands of foreign first-responder personnel,” in addition to a miscalculation of necessary relief assistance.
The RJC takes issue with this mischaracterization of the Bush administration and reminds the Jewish community – both here and abroad – of the tremendous support President Bush has given to the government and people of Israel."
I would say that this is the end of the whole matter. Have a nice day and be careful in the future what you propagate on the internet. This kind of stuff is not helpful.