[Peace-discuss] What's in the papers

[C. G. Estabrook]

  [The News-Gazette has been publishing - unrebutted - a series of columns by 
Champaign native George Will, who made a stir a while ago when he said that the 
US should get out of AfPak.  But to make clear that his view was only tactical - 
he's down with US policy in the Mideast - he has been offering a series of 
outrageous readings of the Israeli governments stance toward the Palestinian 
people.  Here's a corrective. --CGE]

    "So, it basically continues. I mean, if we go right up till this moment ...
    simply ask, where are the strongest sources of support for Israeli actions?
    Well, pick the newspapers. By far the most rabid pro-Israel newspaper in the
    country is the /Wall Street Journal/. That's the journal of the business
    community, and it reflects the support of the business world for Israel,
    which is quite strong. There's a lot of high-tech investment in Israel.
    [Our] military industry is very close to Israeli military industry. There's
    a whole network of interactions. Intel, for example, is building its next
    facility for construct development of the next generation of chips in
    Israel. But, altogether, the relations are very tight, very intimate, quite
    natural. And it's not surprising that the main business journal in the
    country would be supporting Israeli expansion and power. Take a look at the
    two political parties. Most Jewish money goes to Democrats and most Jews
    vote Democratic. But the Republican Party is much more strongly supportive
    of Israeli power and atrocities than the Democrats are. Then again, I think
    that reflects their closer relations to the business world and to the
    military system. There is, of course, also a Jewish lobby -- an Israeli
    lobby --- AIPAC, which is a very influential lobby. And so there are many...
    and there's Christian Zionism, which is a huge element. Well, you know, all
    of these combined to provide a background for U.S. support for Israel, and
    they're facing virtually no opposition. Who's calling for support of the
    Palestinians?"
    <http://www.alternet.org/story/147865/noam_chomsky%3A_the_real_reasons_the_u.s._enables_israeli_crimes_and_atrocities>


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