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It’s Immoral For Israel To Take US Aid
Topic Started: May 21 2013, 09:41 PM (452 Views)
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Likud MK Feiglin: Israel Has Greater Morality Than US
It’s immoral for Israel to take US aid

In curious interview with little-known US magazine, hardline legislator also suggests America might not survive its current financial woes

By Raphael Ahren

May 21, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - Israel should not accept US foreign aid because it is immoral and allows Washington to exert political pressure on Jerusalem, a lawmaker from the Knesset’s ruling party said in an interview with an American magazine published Monday.

Deputy Knesset Speaker Moshe Feiglin (Likud) also seemed to suggest that the US was doomed to fall due to its economic woes, but that Israel’s survival was guaranteed because the country “carries moral weight.”

“I’m totally against this [US foreign] aid [to Israel],” Feiglin told The New American, a relatively unknown publication affiliated with far-right American politics. “It cannot be when, first of all, the Americans are standing in line like two or three miles in the snow to get a job. To get any kind of aid from America when, economically, we are in a much, much better position doesn’t look moral to me.”

Furthermore, American aid “is not in our favor, not economically, not militarily, not in any way,” the MK told the magazine’s Alex Newman. (He gave the interview last month in the Knesset, but it only appeared on Monday.) “This aid serves psychological purposes, not anything else. We are talking about 1.5 percent of our income, of what Israel is producing — we can definitely deal without it.”

Since World War II, Israel is the largest recipient of US foreign aid, having received a total of $118 billion, most of it in the form of military assistance. Currently, Washington supports Israel with about $3 billion per year.

Newman asked Feiglin about former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul’s argument that the US administration is using the aid “to obtain leverage over the Israeli government when Israel should be thinking about its own interests rather than what Washington thinks.”

Feiglin responded, “I 100 percent agree.”

A freshman lawmaker from the far-right flank of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, Feiglin is known in Israel for his controversial views, which range from denying that the Palestinians are a people to advocating on behalf of medical marijuana. In recent weeks, he made headlines for his efforts to allow Jews to pray on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City.

Last month, Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein approved a decision to prevent Feiglin from visiting the volatile holy site for fear his presence there could spark violence and endanger Israel’s security. Protesting the move, Feiglin suspended himself from coalition discipline, vowing to cease all parliamentary work until he’s allowed to visit the Temple Mount.

In the lengthy interview with The New American, Feiglin also espoused the curious view that the US might not be able to survive its current financial crisis, while he is more optimistic about Israel’s future.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen with America — I’m more worried about America than about Israel,” he told the magazine. “I know it sounds maybe a little bit crazy. However, we are a nation of 3,300 years. We have our little ups and downs over our history, but it seems like physically we are stronger than ever.

“History shows that big empires fall, and it doesn’t look like America today is on the rise,” he continued. “So there’s more — from my historical understanding — there’s more to worry about now for America than about Israel. I think — and again, excuse me for saying so — I think America needs Israel not any less than Israel needs America.”

Feiglin said he is aware that his comments sound “a bit funny” — though not because the world’s last remaining superpower is also the world’s strongest economy, but because the US has so many more inhabitants than Israel. “But even though I’m aware of the numbers, I’m still saying what I’m saying because I think that Israel carries moral weight, and also technological and strategic and territorial weight, that is much bigger than its size.”

Based in Wisconsin, The New American is a biweekly magazine affiliated with the American far right. The publication admits to not trying to report objectively and instead having “an editorial point of view,” which regarding foreign policy is based on “avoiding foreign entanglements and going to war only when necessary to defend our country and citizens.”

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35031.htm
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You all love to cry about American aid to Israel, so why are you hiding? ;)
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watch your mouth now ;) I'm lauding our fellowship of late/would hate for it all to disintegrate
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Why not? We give billions away to our future enemies.

http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/05/24/its-all-your-money-foreign-aid-muslimarab-nations
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May 23 2013, 08:29 AM
watch your mouth now ;) I'm lauding our fellowship of late/would hate for it all to disintegrate
LOL, I guess I should expect this fro you. B-)
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May 23 2013, 08:46 AM
Amazing, while Americans can't get a job or a pothole fixed. Or keep 50 Chicago schools from being closed. ^o)
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UTB

Like I keep telling you, a "PAC" is needed!

When will the Negro awaken from his drunken slumber, and realize that the "Obama Crack" is what messed up his mind to start with? This weekend will involve Negroes all over the country spending money like it's going out of style, but ask their asses to donate to a "Black Pac", and you will get cursed out! Bottom line, money talks, bullshit walks! End of rant.


http://www.bampac.org.php53-28.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/index.php/alvin-williams-president-and-ceo

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Alvin Williams is co-founder and the current President and CEO of Black America’s Political Action Committee (BAMPAC). BAMPAC is a non-partisan federal PAC whose primary mission is to mobilize support for African American candidates and candidates generally who advocate a common sense approach in resolving the important issues facing America in the 21st century. Over the last thirteen years, BAMPAC has emerged as one of the nation’s premiere Political Action Committees. During his tenure, BAMPAC’s political donor base has grown to over 137,000 donors, and has generated more than $1.6 million in direct and assisted contributions to various candidates seeking office at the local, state, and federal levels. BAMPAC is currently the largest minority PAC and ranks among the top PACs among 4,000 in the United States. BAMPAC actively advocates its core issues through media campaigns; provides quantitative and qualitative analysis on issues of importance to its growing constituency; and promotes the tenets of democracy and political action globally.

Throughout his career, Williams has been committed to demonstrating that the African American political viewpoint is not monolithic. Drawing upon over 15 years of dedicated service to the public policy arena, Mr. Williams has worked to assure that BAMPAC is an organization that takes a common sense approach to the pressing issues of the day. BAMPAC-supported candidates seeking office on all levels of government are well equipped with the strategic, financial, and tactical resources necessary to wage a formidable campaign.

Alvin Williams has been noted as a “Rising Star” and “Top Political Action Leader” by Campaigns & Elections Magazine; and was named one of the “50 Leaders of the Future” by Ebony Magazine. He has also been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlanta Journal Constitution. His first class ability to convey engaging political analysis with humor and wit has been featured on such shows as ABC’s Nightline, Fox News’ Special Report with Brit Hume, BET Nightly News, and CBS Nightly News with Dan Rather. His editorial columns on a variety of current issues appear regularly in top newspapers nationwide. Mr. Williams has also served as a keynote speaker, and panelist on a variety of political topics in Washington and around the nation.

A graduate of George Washington University’s Graduate School for Political Management (Washington, DC) and South Carolina State University, Williams entered national politics by working on the Bush campaign in 1987, later serving on then President Bush’s Transition Team. Williams has also served at the Republican National Committee, and has advised candidates in several campaigns for city, county, state and federal offices, including U.S. House and Senate.

Mr. Williams has increased global awareness of BAMPAC through participation in the UN African Development Forum held in Ethiopia, the Conference on Democracy and Free Trade held in Doha, Qatar, and the American Swiss Foundation Young Leaders Conference held in Switzerland. In 2001, Williams led a delegation of political leaders to Argentina/Uruguay sponsored by the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL), and served as a Delegate for an ACYPL U.S. Mission to South Africa in 1998. He also served as Delegate of the International Republican Institute (IRI) to observe the Croatian Parliamentary Elections (1/3/00) and Nigerian Presidential Elections (4/19/03).


http://www.aipac.org/en/in-the-news?newsid={CA1B929D-B73D-467C-ADF1-52FAA4AC8009}

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AIPAC Activists Make History on Capitol Hill

The 2013 AIPAC Policy Conference was one for the record books, as thousands of AIPAC activists from all 50 states ascended Capitol Hill to meet with all 100 senators and every House member for the first time in Policy Conference history.

First and foremost, AIPAC supporters spoke to their representatives about preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. In the Senate, members have introduced a resolution (S. Res. 65) declaring that the United States will stand by Israel should it feel compelled to take military action in its own defense against Iran. In the House, members have introduced the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act (H.R. 850), which authorizes the president to impose sanctions on any entity that maintains significant commercial ties to Iran.

AIPAC members urged their House and Senate members to support both measures in order to send a strong message that the United States will act to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. While in their Capitol Hill meetings, AIPAC activists also asked their representatives to strengthen U.S.-Israel strategic cooperation by officially designating Israel as a "major strategic partner." Such a designation will help the two nations maximize the benefits of their alliance.
Finally, AIPAC activists urged their lawmakers to support the full $3.1 billion in security assistance to Israel that the U.S. committed to for fiscal years 2013 and 2014, as well as the $211 million in additional funding for the Iron Dome.
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I'm thinking that negros are satisfied with the status quo, UTB.
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May 24 2013, 09:39 PM
I'm thinking that negros are satisfied with the status quo, UTB.
If it was possible for the Negro to redirect his way of thinking, then maybe, just maybe, a change could be made, but until this happens, the Negro will continue to spend his money on things that he wants, instead of things that he NEEDS!
Once a Negro votes for his candidates, as far as he's concerned, there's nothing else to do, except wait!
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May 25 2013, 09:48 AM
Zechariah
May 24 2013, 09:39 PM
I'm thinking that negros are satisfied with the status quo, UTB.
If it was possible for the Negro to redirect his way of thinking, then maybe, just maybe, a change could be made, but until this happens, the Negro will continue to spend his money on things that he wants, instead of things that he NEEDS!
Once a Negro votes for his candidates, as far as he's concerned, there's nothing else to do, except wait!
Isn't that the whole spirit of consumerism vs producing, to only concern oneself with buying and doing nothing else?
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