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Yes, US & Israel are two sides of the same coin
Khaled Al Maeena, Editor-in-Chief Arab News. Senior columnist, Asharq Al-Awsat, Al Madina, Urdu News, Gulf News, ARAB NEWS
FOR a long time I believed that those Arabs who stated that America and Israel were two sides of the same coin were exaggerating. I really believed that as the violence in Occupied Palestine escalated there would be questions asked by the American public about the use of freely-supplied American weapons by the Zionist forces. I believed that there would eventually be a slight change of heart by the US Congress which has provided Israel with $92 billion of aid since 1967. I also believed that the pictures of Muhammad Al-Durra and of children being blown apart by US F-15s would in some way, however small, soften the hearts of the US lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
None of this happened. On the contrary, the Bush administration welcomed Ariel Sharon — the perpetrator of Sabra and Shatila massacres — with open arms in the White House. George W. Bush may not be that wise in international affairs but one thing he knows is that 2004 will come. He wants to be ready. And this is a great opportunity not to be missed. Some may get hot under the collar and accuse me of being naive, but I really believe that the US government’s main policy is to appease Tel Aviv.
In fact, members of the Congress are parrot-like, repeating to the American public that Israel is America’s only ally in the Middle East, and because it is committed to similar values, the relationship should be strengthened. Talks of relocating the US Embassy to Occupied Jerusalem have resurfaced among officials and in Congress it has got full support. The US media have also taken a lopsided view. The Palestinian victims of Israeli atrocities are portrayed as the attackers. The images of six- and seven-year-old Palestinian children being shot at by Israeli soldiers using M-14 American rifles are distorted. “He feared for his life, therefore he shot,” reported an American journalist. I wonder how a stone can penetrate an American tank? But what is disturbing is that the American public which prides itself as being the most democratic and advanced in the world, having inherited Washingtonian and Jeffersonian principles, has shown its total lack of decency in this respect.
A CNN survey of American public opinion toward the Palestinians and Israelis shows that 43 percent of Americans expressed support for Israel, while 11 percent of them expressed some sympathy with the Palestinians. It is a terrible shame, but more Americans have expressed support for a ban on ending whaling and the killing of sea turtles. To these people blood other than their own comes cheap. What then after all this can I say to those Arabs who attest very loudly to the US-Israeli design on Palestine? Are they believers in the conspiracy theory? Are they just venting their frustration by equating Israel’s policies and the apparent US go-ahead? What then?
To make a random check on the gravity of the situation I went through some of the news websites and what I found was shocking. I reproduce below some comments from these “democratic” citizens. I hope those Arabs who scoff at the idea of US and Israeli joint ventures in the area will take note:
1) Todd Homman from the USA: “I am ex-US military. I am very much pro-Israel because I believe that Jews are God’s chosen people and I am calling for the elimination of all Muslim ‘believers,’ not the converted Muslims! I would die to keep Israel free! My relatives who were in the US military spent time in Israel and helped set up many of Israel’s defenses. I too, like them, would serve to protect the Holy Father’s land! May God bless the people of Israel!”
2) Jerry from the USA: “If you guys would start a program where Americans could come to Israel and fight with the IDF, you would get a couple of million of us. Many of us have military training and could even bring our own weapons.”
3) Jason from the USA: “I know in my heart that, when it’s all said and done, Israel will prevail over the PLO terrorists.”
4) Larry from the USA: “I support Israel in its fight for its homeland. I am praying that Jehovah, the one true living God will give your enemy into your hands. I’ll do what I can here in the US to make sure this country supports the Jewish nation. May God bless and keep you. I am now totally convinced.”
Not to be outdone Holland, which after the United States is the most pro-Israel country, has many of its “cultured” citizens send support mail. Here is one from a Mr. Blieng: “God Bless Holland, Israel and the Jewish people, Shalom.”
Well, I guess that says it all.
— almaeena@arabnews.com
Saudi Arabia is a nation founded on opression and intolerence.
Just out of curiosity, when did Holland become so pro-Israel? I was never aware of that rep, and I'm not sure if he's right or not.
And btw, what is so objectionable about that last comment?