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Purveyor

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Thu Apr 18, 2013, 07:19 PM Apr 2013

Israel’s Response To Obama’s Generosity

Israel may say that it wants peace, but the reality has become clear. Once U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry left the region Israel felt protected by the charm handed to it for free by Obama and subsequently ignored his advice on how to work on ending the occupation.

If you are generous to a decent person, you own him, and if you are kind to a nasty person, he rebels, goes a famous Arab saying.

What we are witnessing now is Israel’s rebellion against its generous benefactor; the U.S.
Here are a few examples. Before Obama came to Israel, there was discussion about some confidence-building measures. Palestinians were asked to refrain from taking Israel to the International Court of Justice while Israel was asked to freeze settlement activities in order to facilitate a return to peace talks.

The Palestinians complied, Israelis did not.

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Israel’s Response To Obama’s Generosity (Original Post) Purveyor Apr 2013 OP
International Court of Justice? I wish!!! Assault Weapons Death Merchants, Drones, WMD ... patrice Apr 2013 #1

patrice

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1. International Court of Justice? I wish!!! Assault Weapons Death Merchants, Drones, WMD ...
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 07:28 PM
Apr 2013

it all could go there, but that's why we can expect someone saying stuff about propaganda, Big Brother or One World Order - take your pick, in this thread in pretty short order.

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