Jesse Walker
Reason.com
7/21/2014
Of all the ways to frame America’s role in the latest war between Israelis and Palestinians, the most bizarre might be the Bloomberg headline “Will the U.S. Get Involved in Israel-Gaza Conflict?” What do you mean will, folks? The U.S. has been deeply involved with this war from the beginning, because the U.S. is underwriting it.
Sen. Rand Paul has been pushing a billto eliminate America’s aid to the Palestinian Authority. I have seen no comparable attempt, though, to remove the much more substantial assistance that the U.S. gives to Israel: more than $3 billion a year, almost all of it for military purposes—about a fourth of Jerusalem’s military budget. Bloomberg’s video segment acknowledges the aid, yet somehow the site’s editors came up with that headline, instead of, say, “The IDF’s Biggest Benefactor Mulls What to Do Next.”…
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Diplomat: UN Gave Hamas Rockets to the Palestinian Government
United Nations officials handed Hamas missiles found last week in a U.N.-run school in Gaza to the Palestinian government, according to a Western diplomat familiar with the case who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon.
At least 20 rockets were discovered last week in a Gaza school run by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which operates several schools in Gaza and elsewhere…
Are the Gazans Who Voted for Hamas Ever Responsible for their Actions?
Hamas didn’t just take power. It won an election. There was never any doubt then or before what its favorite tactics involved…
…The people of Gaza overwhelmingly elected Hamas, a terrorist outfit dedicated to the destruction of Israel, as their designated representatives. Almost instantly Hamas began stockpiling weapons and using them against a more powerful foe with a solid track record of retaliation.
What did Gazans think was going to happen? …
Al Jazeera Publishes Updated List of Gaza Dead; Analysis Confirms Israel Targeting Combatants
…The analysis showed that 82% of the dead were men, and 50 per cent of them were between 18 and 28 years old, and 66 per cent between 18 and 38…
Israeli Christian Leader: ‘We Must Unite Against Terror’ “In the name of the Israeli Christians, I am crying out to the whole world: Wake up!”…
