Comment by bhouston
2 years ago
> It's realpolitik. It's not about Israel
It is not at all. This funding is only occurring because of AIPAC and similar organizations including Christian groups who want to see the end times happen and supporting Israel is apparently important for that. Israel is not a counter balance to Russia at all. And Israel (specifically Netanyahu and AIPAC) undermined the Iran agreement that was going to see them stop their nuclear program.
No, if you read history, Israel had done a ton of stuff to make Europe and America happy.
They invaded the Suez Canal when Egypt tried to nationalize it. They did it for France and Britain.
During the Cold War, they provided of information to the US govt about Soviet assets. They also tell the US information about other countries from their intelligence.
The fact of the matter is Israel’s neighbors hate Israel so they need to get support from whoever they can, so they try to appease Europe and America. America goes along with it because it works out for us. Israel also also economically and technologically in a better spot than a lot of other Middle Eastern countries which are already semi-hostile to America, so they’re one of the better allies to have in that region.
America doesn’t give a damn about Israel anymore than France. It’s the working relationship that keeps it going — for both parties.
The problem right now is that both Israel and Palestine are both run by extreme right wingers. Extremist right wingers are always trying to start wars.
However, US foreign policy generally prefers having a working relationship than caring if a country is democratic or ticking the “is good” boxes. Most countries in the world make terrible allies. They’re weak, or they’re unstable, or every 30 years, their system of government will have completely changed. Despite the shit Israel does, they are consistent and stable, two traits many countries have not figured out.
> The fact of the matter is Israel’s neighbors hate Israel
If we're going to be discussing facts, I think we should be fair to all sides, not just a minority.
The fact of the matter is those people decided to pick up everything and move into a region that already had people living there, and with neighbors that didn't like it then, nor now.
What's that meme where someone is riding a bike and puts a pipe in the spokes just to blame someone else called?
Hmm I think you’re skipping some major parts of world history.
Jewish immigration to Palestine was not particularly great. Jewish people were not really heavily trying to move to the Middle East where people didn’t like them.
What happened is that Great Britain, following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire and the division of that region between itself and France, decided to make the Israel state, make it official through the League of Nations, and then encourage Jewish people to move there. It was the ultimate solution to the several century old “Jewish Question” that Europeans had. Of course people started moving to a territory controlled and sanctioned by none other but the British Empire.
By sending them to the Middle East, Europe could get rid of the Jews and Britian can get an ally. Win win for Europe. Jews, Palestinians, Arabs and everyone else be damned.
Of course, after hell obviously broke loose, Britain realized that their mandate was not working and they pulled out of a problem that they created.
…And nooowww we’re here.
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