Posted on 04/06/2010 6:13:47 AM PDT by Tigen
(IsraelNN.com) Contradicting media-fed rumors that Israel’s policies endanger the lives of American soldiers, Dore Gold, former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, said that Israel is a strategic ally and has helped saved the lives of American citizens and soldiers.
Gold wrote that the Obama administration “has a special responsibility to contain its tensions with Israel” in order that the diplomatic disagreement not ruin the strategic relationship.
Critics of Israel have noted that the American government gives Israeli billions of dollars in military aid, but they invariably neglect to mention that the American military-industrial complex needs Israel almost equally. The assistance to Israel is conditioned on Israel's buying approximately three-quarters of the materials and technology in the United States.
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The U.S.-Israeli alliance is mutually beneficial in many ways than leftist critics think...
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