Reply #36: I think $5 billion per year is more than a poor widows pennies. [View All]

[Tom Joad]

It works out to something like 1000 bucks per Israeli citizen. I am not sure you can call that inconsequential, B.

And i think you are wrong to say the whole world is against the Palestinians, in fact, the opposite is true (to some extent). When the whole world brings something up in the security council in regards to Israeli actions, it is often only the United States that vetoes it. When it is before the United Nations as a whole, it is only the US and maybe some island completely dependent on US goodwill that votes with the US, (and those islands may disappear with global warming, so Israeli militarists will lose yet another friend).

But if it weren't for the US, the security council could have taken stronger actions in regards to settlements (which even the US has long recognized as illegal) and many other things. It would have made a world of difference, it would have helped the situation immensely.

Palestinains do not want to go anywhere. They want to stay and live in their homeland. It is not a matter of taking sides with Palestinians or Israelis, it should be a matter of standing for human rights and freedoms.