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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can support Israel and still criticize them for what they are doing.

That does not mean that I am anti-Semitic, because I'm not.

I also believe in free expression. She should have the event.[/quote]

Calling the founding of one of our allies a "catastrophe" does not seem appropriate for an event on Capitol Hill.[/quote]

Calling Israel an ally is not appropriate. Israel does not meet the criteria by any definition.

Ally: a state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose or combine or unite a resource or commodity with (another) for mutual benefit.

Israel does not cooperate militarily with the US. Israel refuses to allow US to use Israeli bases or allow US to use Israel air space. This would have been greatly appreciated in the fight against ISIS and Syria civil war. Israel actually supported ISIS during that time. Not what an ally does.

Israel receives a lot of aid, technology, weapons and intelligence from the US but gives nothing back. Israel was noticeably absent in all our recent wars in the Middle East. There is no love for the US in Israel. Israel is a dependent state of the US not an ally.

It is interesting that the top countries receiving aid from the US are Israel(3.31 billion), Jordan(2.6b), Egypt(1.47b), Ethiopia(1.21b) and Iraq(1.18b). Why should the US continue this spending? Specially if countries receiving aid are not living up to the terms of agreements- ie dismantling settlements? [/quote]

Israel was absent from the United States’ middle eastern wars because the United States wanted them to be.  As far as giving nothing back, well, yeah, if you don’t count defense contracts, technology and medical knowledge sharing, cultural and educational exchange, and the like, you may be right.[/quote]

Sure The US Department of Defense R&D programs budget(96b per year)is bigger vs Israel’s totally total expenditure on defense(17.8b per year) over 5 years. Israel’s defense industry is whole depend on the US and the technology the US shares with it. Everyone “new” system Israel “develops” is based on a pre-existing system in the US or based on research done by the US. Same with medical.

Israel is real good about pushing this false narrative. [/quote]

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