Israel rebuffs U.S. call for total settlement freeze
Israel will press ahead with housing construction in its West Bank settlements despite a surprisingly blunt demand from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that all such building stop, an Israeli official said Thursday. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
Israel will destroy itself if it fails to get out of the West Bank and the Golan Heights. The question is whether Israel will take down the US too. The insane level of "defense" spending by the US owes a very great deal to Israeli political power in Washington, and at least $1 trillion has been squandered on unnecessary wars intended to help "protect" Israel.