Clinton is wasting her time, Palestinians will never allow Israel to live in peace. Israel should never give up 1 inch of ground to the bloody Palestinians, the more ground they give to them the more they want, and the more they demand.

The Palestinians daily threats is to drive the Jews they call Infidels into the sea.
They're every day lives are lived in WAR, HATE, GREED, REVENGE, AND MURDER, and will never ever accept peace, no matter what, or how many consessions the Jews give up for them, it's utterly hopeless...

#5 | Posted by Dr_Feelgood

Depends on which side of the Bank you're on, eh bucko?

Obviously, the Israelis can do no wrong in your world.

The unilateral US support for Israel has been the ultimate source of USA economic weakness.

#17 | Posted by Robson

I can't speak to the economic weakness point, but the Israelis are most unhappy with the current US administration. Obama is not displaying the "unconditional love" for Israel that previous administrations have been wont to do.

Other than for matters of strategic importance, why has Israel been the number one beneficiary over the decades of US largess? When one considers the slaughter of millions that has been occurring across Africa, Israel's losses seem trivial in comparison. But the billions in economic and military aid go to Israel and pennies to other nations.

Do you think that Hillary the Magic Bitch can get the Palestinian radicals to stop lobbing rockets, mortars, and bombs strapped to their women and children in to Israel?

THAT would be an accomplishment...

#18 | Posted by Ari

Perhaps if Clinton can convince the Israeli government to stop tacitly supporting the Israeli "settlers" who keep incurring on Palestinian land, get them to stop destroying olive groves, get them to stop stealing precious water, that too would be an accomplishment. The Israeli are not innocents in this either.

However, our foreign aid to Israel used to specifically ban its use for military purchases.

#30 | Posted by Timex

Nevertheless...

Israel Air Force F-16I Soufa
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin

"The Israeli F-16I, also known as Sufa (Storm) is Powered by the Pratt and Whitney F100-PE-229 Improved Performance Engine. The aircraft is designed for gross takeoff gross weight of 52,000 lbs, the most ever for an Israeli F-16. It incorporates a dorsal equipment compartment and a fully missionized rear cockpit. Along with hosting the latest in electronic countermeasures equipment, the F-16I will be compatible with a wide variety of stores including day/night navigation and targeting pods, advanced air-to-air missiles, and precision "smart" weapons. By February 2004, the Israel Air Force (IAF) is expected to receive the first F-16Is. the initial delivery is a part of 102 aircraft under the Peace Marble V program, expected to be delivered at a rate of two per month, over four years, the largest Israeli acquisition yet. This acquisition raises the total number of IAF F-16s to 362, which will make the IAF the one of the world's largest F-16 operators, second only to the US Air Force. "

And some here wonder why there seems to be a problem with the Palestinians...

Armed settlers shoot Palestinian, beat his 89-year-old mother

October 30, 2009

Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - Aggressive orthodox Israeli settlers attacked the Salah family on their way to Friday prayers in a bid to take over their home in the East Jerusalem community of Beit Safafa.

The settlers, twelve according to Palestinian sources, six according to Israeli media, and three according to the Jerusalem police chief, pulled up in a car with an eviction order for Ali Ibrahim Salah and his children Ismail, Mohammad, Mahmoud, Ahmad, for their family homes. The buildings shelter 55 residents, 30 of which are under 12 years old. Salah said the settlers claimed they bought the homes from their Armenian owners.

The Palestinian News Network quoted Sheha Salah as saying that her husband had purchased the buildings from its owners in 1966, and had the documents to prove the validity of the sale.

Israeli high court issued an eviction order on the home in August, giving the family one month to vacate the premises.

An argument erupted as the settlers demanded the family get out of their home. One of the settlers, reportedly all in their 50s, was armed with a gun, and fired on the family members. Israeli sources differed saying between one and four were injured, most of them youth.

The following family members were admitted to the Al-Maqased hospital in East Jerusalem after the attack:

Daoud Salah, 18, sustained blows to the head and extensive bruising on his foot
Mohammad Salah, 48, sustained bruises to his lower back after being hit with an iron bar
Sheha Salah, 89, sustained bruises to his head and neck
Ismail Slah, 60, was shot with a live bullet in his hand
Ali Ibrahim Salah, 95, sustained moderate bruises to his body after being struck several times

Israeli news source Ynet said the middle-age extremists fled the scene after the shooting, and were later found and detained.

Spokesman of the Israeli police department in Jerusalem had a different of the incident, saying "three Jewish people came to the home in Beit Safafa to deliver the eviction order to the family then fighting erupted. It seems one of the Jewish people opened fire with his personal weapon and injured one of the Arab residents in the hand...then the Jewish people fled the scene driving their car."

Following their release from the hospital, members of the Salah family were summoned to the police station for interrogation.

Source:

We, the jews have been a problem to many people throughout history and that is why there have been many attempts to rid the world of us.

#39 | Posted by yougothurt

Correction: more often than not, Jews have been made to be the problem and were subsequently highly constrained in business (which is why Jews tend to be high up in the banking world) and social life. Add to this that Jews tended to survive the Black Death better than most because of certain hygienic practices (such as killing the rats that bore the fleas that carried the plague) that created a higher survival rate.

The use of Jews as the scapegoat by the Nazis before and during WWII and the murder of millions though has allowed Israel to play the victim card one too many times. They were not the only targeted group to die before and during the war, but they were the most documented.

Also to keep in mind: the US was turning away ship-loads of Jewish refugees before the war started. Didn't need them, didn't want them.