I know this will sound weird to those that see Israel and the USA as separate entities, nations isn't quite the right word, BUT.....
Ever since Israel's inception we've (We=Government of the USA) have given them Millions of dollars a year and now in the last few decades BILLIONS of dollars A YEAR in forgivable loans (forgiven every year) FOR THEIR MILITARY PROGRAMS (includes the Nuke program they won't let anyone see, as in Rogue Nuke Nation, funded and protected by the Government of the USA, the ONLY country to use Nuclear weapons and waste upon people), BILLIONS, that is more money every fiscal year, then we use on ALL OUR SOCIAL PROGRAMS COMBINED, road, fire police medi care/cal etc. And Israel does with that, exactly what they are being funded to do with it. Why are the War Protestors so upset with Israel??? If I had a mostly wild carnivore animal living in my house, I'd be insane to keep asking it to not eat my pet rabbits I let run around. And that's how I feel, asking Israel to not do, as an American to the government of Israel, to not do what we fund them to do. So... the problem doesn't start with Israel, it starts with us, the USA, giving Israel a Billion plus dollars a year for Military equipment, in yearly forgivable loans, as long as they use to to purchase weaponry from US based Military Industrial Complex Industries, which after all, now accounts for 54% of the jobs in the USA (this takes into consideration the businesses whose income is from people who work directly for the MIC). Scott > > > > GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES > http://www.gp.org > > For Immediate Release: > Friday, November 16, 2012 > > Contacts: > Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-904-7614, [email protected] > Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, [email protected] > > > Green Party: The U.S. must press Israel not to launch a new war on Gaza; > Greens urge an immediate truce and resumption of negotiations > > ⢠The U.S. is ignoring the source of the conflict and chain of incidents > leading up to the current Gaza crisis, say Greens > > ⢠Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on budget > policy and > taxation: http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-foreign-policy.php > > > WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders said today that the U.S. must > pressure Israel not to resume its war on Palestinians living in Gaza, and > that the illegal blockade and hardship imposed by Israel on Gaza must end. > > "President Obama and Congress have the clout to stop a repeat of the 2009 > Gaza War, in which more than 1300 Palestinians were killed, including 700 > civilians, over 300 of them children. Thirteen Israelis were also killed, > of whom three were civilians. This is a 'David and Goliath' fight, with > nuclear-powered Israel acting in disregard for international law against a > dispossessed people living under siege. Israel's assaults on Gaza will not > make Gazans go away or resolve the conflict," said Muhammed Malik, former > co-chair of the Miami-Dade Green Party, who recently spoke at the Students > for Justice in Palestine National Conference at the University of > Michigan. (2009 Gaza War casualties: > see http://www.dci-pal.org/english/display.cfm?CategoryId=1&DocId=917 and > figures referenced > athttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Gaza_War) > > Green Party leaders noted that targeted assassinations are illegal and > that the airstrike authorized by Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense > Minister Barak that killed Hamas military commander Ahmad al-Jabari also > killed his 14-year-old son. > > The Israeli airstrike ended two days of calm after news that Egypt had > brokered a truce between Israel and Palestinian officials. The truce was > meant to end a surge of violence that resulted in more than 100 missiles > fired out of Gaza and repeated Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, where > people are already living in conditions comparable to an open-air prison > (http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/16/israeli_negotiator_hamas_commander_was_assassinated). > > "The Obama Administration should press for an immediate ceasefire and > resumption of the negotiations. Claims by Israeli and U.S. officials that > the IDF is trying to avoid Palestinian civilian casualties are not > credible. Washington and the U.S. media have focused on the increased > Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza but are ignoring the chain of > incidents, including killings of Palestinian civilians, that motivated > Hamas to fire rockets out of Gaza," said Jill Stein, the Green Party's > 2012 nominee for President. > > "The terrorism that Israel is using to maintain the occupation far > outweighs the retaliatory terrorism committed by Hamas. Unless these > assaults can be halted, we'll see another massacre of Gazan civilians and > further deterioration of the city," added Dr. Stein. (For a timeline of > events leading up to the recent confrontation, > seehttp://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/how-israel-shattered-gaza-truce-leading-escalating-death-and-tragedy-timeline andhttp://www.fair.org/blog/2012/11/15/when-does-israelpalestine-violence-start/) > > "The U.S. government and most U.S. media have ignored the heart of the > conflict between Israel and Palestinians, including Gazans -- Israel's > ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their native land, ongoing > colonization of Palestinian land in Israel and the Occupied Territories, > and Israel's refusal to allow refugees to return home, as prescribed by > international law.  Over two thirds of Gazans are from Israel and the > West Bank," said Justine McCabe, co-chair of the Green Party's > International Committee (http://www.gp.org/committees/intl). > > While self-defense and armed resistance against military occupation are > legal under international law, no such law tolerates attacks on civilians. > Greens have urged support for Palestinian and Israeli peace groups and for > nonviolent resistance, and have called for an end to all violence targeted > at unarmed civilians. Greens insist that regional stability and security > for all the people of Israel and Palestine are not possible until peaceful > negotiation based on international law resolves the conflict. > > The Green Party of the United States has called for boycott, divestment, > and sanctions against Israel until it complies with international law and > U.N. directives, ends the occupation of Palestinian lands, and observes > full and equal human rights for Palestinians within Israel and the > Occupied Territories, including the right to return home. > > "Washington must stop aiding Israel's violations of human rights. Israel > has a budget surplus and 6.5% unemployment. U.S. taxpayers, facing > austerity and unemployment at home, are seeing $3 billion of their tax > money sent annually to Israel, which receives 60% of all U.S. foreign > military financing," said David Schwartzman, member of the DC Statehood > Green Party and the Green Party's International Committee. > > "Israel's history of aggression towards Palestinians and neighbors like > Lebanon and Syria has made it increasingly isolated internationally. If > this situation continues, we'll see more animosity directed against the > U.S., and chances for peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians > will dwindle. Nor will Americans indefinitely accept their government's > misguided Middle East policies and pay exorbitant tax dollars for it," > said John Rensenbrink, Maine Green and member of the International > Committee. > > See also: > > "U.N. experts say Israel's blockade of Gaza illegal" > Reuters, September 13, 2012 > http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/13/us-un-gaza-rights-idUSTRE78C59R20110913 > > "U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel" > Congressional Research Service, March 2012 > http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf > > "Hamas Wins Palestinian Elections: Questions you need answered" > Jewish Voices for Peace > http://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/content/hamas-wins-palestinian-elections-questions-you-need-answered > > "Gaza Redux" > By Mazin Qumsiyeh, Popular Resistance, November 16, 2012 > http://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2012/11/gaza-redux.html > > > MORE INFORMATION > > Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org > 202-319-7191 > ⢠Green candidate database and campaign > information: http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml > ⢠News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml > ⢠Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers >  http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-foreign-policy.php > ⢠Ballot Access Page http://www.gp.org/2012/ballot-access.html > ⢠Video Page http://www.gp.org/video/index.php > ⢠Green Papers http://www.greenpapers.net/ > ⢠Google+ http://www.gp.org/google > ⢠Twitter http://twitter.com/gpus > ⢠Livestream Channel http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus > ⢠GP-TV Twitter page http://www.gp.org/twitter > ⢠Facebook page http://www.gp.org/facebook > > Green Pages: The official publication of record of the Green Party of the > United States > http://gp.org/greenpages-blog > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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