Netanyahu discredited by guess who?

[georgephillip]

The Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve is Stanley Fischer, who was the Governor of the Bank of Israel from 2005 to 2013, but I am sure to say this is "antisemitic". Nothing fishy there at all.

It isn't hard to guess which side of the class war Stan's on:
"Fischer was appointed Governor of the Bank of Israel in January 2005 by the Israeli cabinet, after being recommended by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"He took the position on May 1, 2005, replacing David Klein, who ended his term on January 16, 2005. Fischer became an Israeli citizen but did not renounce his American citizenship. [10][11][12]

"He had been involved in the past with the Bank of Israel, having served as an American government adviser to Israel's economic stabilization program in 1985."

Stanley Fischer - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

"The Economic Stabilization Plan was implemented in Israel in 1985 in response to the dire domestic economic situation of the early 1980s.

"The background to the crisis is that the years after the 1973 Yom Kippur War were a lost decade economically, as growth stalled, inflation soared and government expenditures rose significantly."

1985 Israel Economic Stabilization Plan - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

 

[georgephillip]

Pretty much like the Spaniards taking-back much of Spain from the Muslims after centuries of occupation, ending in 1492

More like greedy Spaniards looting South American silver and gold; too bad greedy Jews don't learn from history.

 

[ChrisL]

his own intelligence service, among others

Leaked cables show Netanyahu s Iran bomb claim contradicted by Mossad World news The Guardian

Delicious given the Repubs have been recently falling over themselves to play state dept.

Discuss...

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Israel is an important ally of the US, like it or not. They are the only REAL ally we have in that part of the world, if you were to be honest. One doesn't have to be a republican to realize the importance of such an ally.

 

[georgephillip]

Apparently, Obama giving Israel 30 billion over this decade is "anti-Israel". To be a good underling, it looks like needs to kiss the feet of Netanyahu to prove he isn't an "antisemite" to the neoconservatives and zionists.

The Obameter Provide 30 billion over 10 years to Israel PolitiFact

"During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to 'implement a Memorandum of Understanding that provides $30 billion in assistance to Israel over the next decade -- investments to Israel's security that will not be tied to any other nation.'

"In August 2007, the Bush administration signed a 'memorandum of understanding' that outlined a 10-year framework for U.S. military assistance to Israel, according to the Congressional Research Service. It calls for incremental yearly increases in foreign military financing to Israel, with $3 billion allocated by fiscal year 2011.

"Funding under the memorandum "has been fully provided in the prior fiscal years and in 2012 appropriations,” said Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of J Street, a liberal group active on issued related to Israel.

"Specifically, Congress approved $3.075 billion in security assistance for Israel as part of a larger spending package for fiscal year 2012, according to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

"That marks the fourth consecutive year the memorandum"s terms have been met, AIPAC said.

"It's premature to say that the succeeding six years of the memorandum"s terms will be met. But so far, Obama has followed the lead of President George W. Bush and stuck to the terms of the funding agreement. As the 2012 elections approach, there"s no evidence that this is anything but a Promise Kept."

The Obameter Provide 30 billion over 10 years to Israel PolitiFact

Thirty billion $ over ten years to advance the cause of ethnic cleansing in Palestine.

Hitler and all his useful idiots would celebrate:

Will Israel turn Gaza white in November 2016?

 

[ChrisL]

Apparently, Obama giving Israel 30 billion over this decade is "anti-Israel". To be a good underling, it looks like needs to kiss the feet of Netanyahu to prove he isn't an "antisemite" to the neoconservatives and zionists.

The Obameter Provide 30 billion over 10 years to Israel PolitiFact

"During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to 'implement a Memorandum of Understanding that provides $30 billion in assistance to Israel over the next decade -- investments to Israel's security that will not be tied to any other nation.'

"In August 2007, the Bush administration signed a 'memorandum of understanding' that outlined a 10-year framework for U.S. military assistance to Israel, according to the Congressional Research Service. It calls for incremental yearly increases in foreign military financing to Israel, with $3 billion allocated by fiscal year 2011.

"Funding under the memorandum "has been fully provided in the prior fiscal years and in 2012 appropriations,” said Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of J Street, a liberal group active on issued related to Israel.

"Specifically, Congress approved $3.075 billion in security assistance for Israel as part of a larger spending package for fiscal year 2012, according to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

"That marks the fourth consecutive year the memorandum"s terms have been met, AIPAC said.

"It's premature to say that the succeeding six years of the memorandum"s terms will be met. But so far, Obama has followed the lead of President George W. Bush and stuck to the terms of the funding agreement. As the 2012 elections approach, there"s no evidence that this is anything but a Promise Kept."

The Obameter Provide 30 billion over 10 years to Israel PolitiFact

Thirty billion $ over ten years to advance the cause of ethnic cleansing in Palestine.

Hitler and all his useful idiots would celebrate:

Will Israel turn Gaza white in November 2016?

Hyperbole much? That money is what Israel, the tiniest territory in the ME, uses to protect itself against hostile nations that would like nothing more than to destroy it, and you must know that. You are so dishonest and a turd.

 

[ChrisL]

Israel is one of the only trustworthy allies we have over in the ME, despite what the haters spout from their lying pie holes. They don't know what kind of valuable intelligence we get from Israel in return. The US would NOT be supporting them if it wasn't a good cause. WTF is "palestine" going to do for anyone? Effing tards.

 

[georgephillip]

srael is an important ally of the US, like it or not. They are the only REAL ally we have in that part of the world, if you were to be honest. One doesn't have to be a republican to realize the importance of such an ally

Why do you feel it's in the US national interest to ally with a racist Jewish ethnocracy in the heart of Muslim oil?
"In November 2014, the Israeli cabinet approved a bill declaring Israel to be a 'Jewish state.' The law would grant the Israeli state the authority to strip Arab residents of civil rights if they were found to participate in or encourage the use of violence, including stone-throwing.[9] The bill was seen as controversial by some politicians due to its potential effects on Israel's Arab minority, which make up around 20 percent of the population."
Ethnocracy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

 

[georgephillip]

Apparently, Obama giving Israel 30 billion over this decade is "anti-Israel". To be a good underling, it looks like needs to kiss the feet of Netanyahu to prove he isn't an "antisemite" to the neoconservatives and zionists.

The Obameter Provide 30 billion over 10 years to Israel PolitiFact

"During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to 'implement a Memorandum of Understanding that provides $30 billion in assistance to Israel over the next decade -- investments to Israel's security that will not be tied to any other nation.'

"In August 2007, the Bush administration signed a 'memorandum of understanding' that outlined a 10-year framework for U.S. military assistance to Israel, according to the Congressional Research Service. It calls for incremental yearly increases in foreign military financing to Israel, with $3 billion allocated by fiscal year 2011.

"Funding under the memorandum "has been fully provided in the prior fiscal years and in 2012 appropriations,” said Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of J Street, a liberal group active on issued related to Israel.

"Specifically, Congress approved $3.075 billion in security assistance for Israel as part of a larger spending package for fiscal year 2012, according to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

"That marks the fourth consecutive year the memorandum"s terms have been met, AIPAC said.

"It's premature to say that the succeeding six years of the memorandum"s terms will be met. But so far, Obama has followed the lead of President George W. Bush and stuck to the terms of the funding agreement. As the 2012 elections approach, there"s no evidence that this is anything but a Promise Kept."

The Obameter Provide 30 billion over 10 years to Israel PolitiFact

Thirty billion $ over ten years to advance the cause of ethnic cleansing in Palestine.

Hitler and all his useful idiots would celebrate:

Will Israel turn Gaza white in November 2016?

Hyperbole much? That money is what Israel, the tiniest territory in the ME, uses to protect itself against hostile nations that would like nothing more than to destroy it, and you must know that. You are so dishonest and a turd.

How many nuclear weapons does Israel possess? How about conventional military forces? What possible relationship does the size of a country bear on its ability to dominate its neighbors?
Israel Defense Forces - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

 

[jknowgood]

Don't go away angry Just go away!!!

Israel was our best ally till Obama came along.

Did they fight with you in Iraq twat?
The current Potus is not anti Israel it is anti BiBi, read this you fool its in "big" for you
The White House is agitating in support of Binyamin Netanyahu’s opponents in next month’s Israeli election as his plan to attack Barack Obama’s Iran policy in an address to the US Congress continues to backfire on the Israeli prime minister.

The Obama administration has engineered a series of highly visible snubs of Netanyahu – from refusing a White House invitation and levelling accusations that the Israeli government is not trustworthy to a humiliating leak about new limitations on intelligence sharing – just weeks before the Israeli leader faces a tight general election.

Top administration officials, including Vice-President Joe Biden and the US secretary of state, John Kerry, have made a point of meeting Israeli opposition leaders who have seized on the dispute to characterise Netanyahu as jeopardising relations with Israel’s most important ally.

Biden, who is also president of the US Senate, and several Democratic members of Congress will be conspicuously absent from next week’s speech in which the Israeli prime minister is expected to effectively accuse Barack Obama of being duped by the Iranians in negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear programme and of endangering the existence of the Jewish state.

Aaron David Miller, who served six US secretaries of state as an adviser on Arab-Israeli negotiations, said the confrontation marks a further deterioration in an already dysfunctional relationship between Obama and Netanyahu. But Miller, who is now a vice-president at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, said the Israeli leader’s divisive handling has handed the administration an opening “to try to demonstrate how much the US-Israeli relationship is dysfunctional at the top because of Netanyahu” and an opportunity to press for “regime change”.

“If you asked John Kerry and Obama privately who they wanted to see as the next prime minister of Israel, it wouldn’t be Netanyahu. They prefer the [Israeli opposition] Labour party. There’s no question about it. This invitation-gate, as I’m describing it, has created an opening for them,” he said.

That opening has been seized upon, Miller said, to try to embarrass Netanyahu before the Israeli electorate by portraying him as untrustworthy and endangering the Jewish state’s most important diplomatic relationship.

The White House is particularly incensed that the Israeli ambassador to Washington, Ron Dermer, and John Boehner, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, conspired to arrange the speech to a joint sitting of Congress without consulting the administration. Democrats accuse Boehner of ambushing the president as the Republicans push – with the backing of the pro-Israel lobby in Washington – to strengthen sanctions against Iran, a move Obama has warned “will all but guarantee that diplomacy fails”.

But it was Dermer, who was born in the US and worked as a Republican political operative before moving to Israel, who instigated Netanyahu’s address to Congress.

Netanyahu has defended the speech as a legitimate attempt to stop Obama from making concessions to Iran that the Israeli leader said will leave Tehran on the brink of being able to build a nuclear weapon.

Democrats accuse Boehner of ambushing the president as the Republicans push – with the backing of the pro-Israel lobby in Washington – to strengthen sanctions against Iran. Photograph: AP
“I am going to the United States not because I seek a confrontation with the president but to speak up for the very survival of my country,” Netanyahu tweeted.

But Netanyahu’s warnings of an imminent threat from Iran, already treated with scepticism, will have been further undermined by revelations in the Guardian this week that Israel’s own intelligence service, Mossad, contradicted his claim to the United Nations in 2012 that Tehran was about a year away from constructing a nuclear weapon.

Leading Democrats have described the timing of the speech as an “outrageous” attempt by the Israeli prime minister to bolster his support in the 17 March parliamentary election as well as an attempt to provide ammunition for Republican attacks on Obama.

Last week, the White House made an unusually direct attack on the Israeli government, accusing it of dishonesty in selectively leaking information about the Iran nuclear talks to the Israeli press in an attempt to discredit the negotiations.

“We see that there is a continued practice of cherry-picking specific pieces of information and using them out of context to distort the negotiating position of the United States,” said the White House spokesman, Josh Earnest. “There’s no question that some of the things that the Israelis have said in characterising our negotiating position have not been accurate.”

That led the US not only to take the unusual step of limiting the intelligence it shares with Israel about the Iran talks but to embarrass Netanyahu by leaking the move.

Biden and Kerry met Israeli opposition leaders on the sidelines of a security conference in Germany in a clear snub to the Israeli prime minister. Netanyahu will address Congress with a conspicuously empty chair behind him as Biden is making a hurriedly arranged trip to South America. A small number of congresspeople have said they will boycott Netanyahu’s address.

“All of these things have been wilfully orchestrated,” said Miller. “Number one to demonstrate how upset they are by this invitation but, number two, to take advantage of that fact to demonstrate to the Israeli electorate that Netanyahu’s mismanaging it.”

Two leading Democratic senators, Dianne Feinstein and Richard Durbin, this week wrote to Netanyahu warning that his speech “threatens to undermine the important bipartisan approach towards Israel”.

“It sacrifices deep and well-established cooperation on Israel for short-term partisan points – something that should never be done with Israeli security and which we fear could have lasting repercussions,” the senators said in the letter.

Howard Dean, the former Democratic party chairman, was unusually strident for an American politician in describing the Israeli prime minister as a “disaster” earlier this month.

“I don’t trust Netanyahu. I think he’s not served Israel well,” he told MSNBC.

Opinion polls in Israel show the public divided on the address to Congress with widespread suspicion that Netanyahu is using it for electoral advantage. The Labour party leader, Isaac Herzog – campaigning in coalition with other opposition parties under the Zionist Union banner – has called Netanyahu’s speech a “strategic mistake”, and accused the prime minister of using it for his own “political interest”.

Zahava Gal-On, leader of the small leftwing Meretz party, accused the prime minister of “impairing” Israel’s relations with the US.

Netanyahu’s Likud party has fought back with a campaign advert that suggests that if modern Israel’s founder, David Ben Gurion, had listened to the US state department in 1948, the state would never have been born.

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Not my fault you're bitter because you elected a liar, a failure, and a queer for president. The one thing you did is give us both houses back and the presidency in 2016. Thanks.

 

[Dot Com]

No, but doesn't heavily lobbying for it count?

Pressure from Israel and the Lobby was not the only factor behind the decision to attack Iraq in March 2003, but it was critical. Some Americans believe that this was a war for oil, but there is hardly any direct evidence to support this claim. Instead, the war was motivated in good part by a desire to make Israel more secure. According to Philip Zelikow, a former member of the president's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, the executive director of the 9/11 Commission, and now a counsellor to Condoleezza Rice, the "real threat" from Iraq was not a threat to the United States.

The "unstated threat" was the "threat against Israel", Zelikow told an audience at the University of Virginia in September 2002. "The American government," he added, "doesn't want to lean too hard on it rhetorically, because it is not a popular sell."

On 16 August 2002, 11 days before Dick Cheney kicked off the campaign for war with a hardline speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Washington Post reported that "Israel is urging US officials not to delay a military strike against Iraq's Saddam Hussein". By this point, according to Sharon, strategic co-ordination between Israel and the US had reached "unprecedented dimensions", and Israeli intelligence officials had given Washington a variety of alarming reports about Iraq's WMD programmes.

As one retired Israeli general later put it, "Israeli intelligence was a full partner to the picture presented by American and British intelligence regarding Iraq's non-conventional capabilities."

Israeli leaders were deeply distressed when Bush decided to seek Security Council authorisation for war, and even more worried when Saddam agreed to let UN inspectors back in. "The campaign against Saddam Hussein is a must," Shimon Peres told reporters in September 2002. "Inspections and inspectors are good for decent people, but dishonest people can overcome easily inspections and inspectors."

At the same time, Ehud Barak wrote a New York Times op-ed warning that "the greatest risk now lies in inaction". His predecessor as prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, published a similar piece in the Wall Street Journal, entitled: "The Case for Toppling Saddam". "Today nothing less than dismantling his regime will do," he declared. "I believe I speak for the overwhelming majority of Israelis in supporting a pre-emptive strike against Saddam's regime." Or as Ha'aretz reported in February 2003, "the military and political leadership yearns for war in Iraq".

What role did Israel play in the run-up to the Iraq war

EXACTLY!!!. EVERY schoolchild knows that vietraq was the brainchild of the now defunct (quelle surprise) PNAC which, oddly enough was the brainchild of and the chairman named Bill Kristol. Any rightie heard of that pile?

Project for the New American Century - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

 

[ChrisL]

Apparently, Obama giving Israel 30 billion over this decade is "anti-Israel". To be a good underling, it looks like needs to kiss the feet of Netanyahu to prove he isn't an "antisemite" to the neoconservatives and zionists.

The Obameter Provide 30 billion over 10 years to Israel PolitiFact

"During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to 'implement a Memorandum of Understanding that provides $30 billion in assistance to Israel over the next decade -- investments to Israel's security that will not be tied to any other nation.'

"In August 2007, the Bush administration signed a 'memorandum of understanding' that outlined a 10-year framework for U.S. military assistance to Israel, according to the Congressional Research Service. It calls for incremental yearly increases in foreign military financing to Israel, with $3 billion allocated by fiscal year 2011.

"Funding under the memorandum "has been fully provided in the prior fiscal years and in 2012 appropriations,” said Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of J Street, a liberal group active on issued related to Israel.

"Specifically, Congress approved $3.075 billion in security assistance for Israel as part of a larger spending package for fiscal year 2012, according to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

"That marks the fourth consecutive year the memorandum"s terms have been met, AIPAC said.

"It's premature to say that the succeeding six years of the memorandum"s terms will be met. But so far, Obama has followed the lead of President George W. Bush and stuck to the terms of the funding agreement. As the 2012 elections approach, there"s no evidence that this is anything but a Promise Kept."

The Obameter Provide 30 billion over 10 years to Israel PolitiFact

Thirty billion $ over ten years to advance the cause of ethnic cleansing in Palestine.

Hitler and all his useful idiots would celebrate:

Will Israel turn Gaza white in November 2016?

Hyperbole much? That money is what Israel, the tiniest territory in the ME, uses to protect itself against hostile nations that would like nothing more than to destroy it, and you must know that. You are so dishonest and a turd.

How many nuclear weapons does Israel possess? How about conventional military forces? What possible relationship does the size of a country bear on its ability to dominate its neighbors?
Israel Defense Forces - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

So? We have nuclear weapons too. So does Pakistan, amongst others. North Korea anyone? Lol. You are concerned with ISRAEL owning some nukes. Please, they are a reasonable country that doesn't want to start a world war, obviously. They have shown incredible restraint. You obviously have a delusional hatred for Israel.

 

[I.P.Freely]

Apparently, Obama giving Israel 30 billion over this decade is "anti-Israel". To be a good underling, it looks like needs to kiss the feet of Netanyahu to prove he isn't an "antisemite" to the neoconservatives and zionists.

The Obameter Provide 30 billion over 10 years to Israel PolitiFact

"During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to 'implement a Memorandum of Understanding that provides $30 billion in assistance to Israel over the next decade -- investments to Israel's security that will not be tied to any other nation.'

"In August 2007, the Bush administration signed a 'memorandum of understanding' that outlined a 10-year framework for U.S. military assistance to Israel, according to the Congressional Research Service. It calls for incremental yearly increases in foreign military financing to Israel, with $3 billion allocated by fiscal year 2011.

"Funding under the memorandum "has been fully provided in the prior fiscal years and in 2012 appropriations,” said Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of J Street, a liberal group active on issued related to Israel.

"Specifically, Congress approved $3.075 billion in security assistance for Israel as part of a larger spending package for fiscal year 2012, according to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

"That marks the fourth consecutive year the memorandum"s terms have been met, AIPAC said.

"It's premature to say that the succeeding six years of the memorandum"s terms will be met. But so far, Obama has followed the lead of President George W. Bush and stuck to the terms of the funding agreement. As the 2012 elections approach, there"s no evidence that this is anything but a Promise Kept."

The Obameter Provide 30 billion over 10 years to Israel PolitiFact

Thirty billion $ over ten years to advance the cause of ethnic cleansing in Palestine.

Hitler and all his useful idiots would celebrate:

Will Israel turn Gaza white in November 2016?

Hyperbole much? That money is what Israel, the tiniest territory in the ME, uses to protect itself against hostile nations that would like nothing more than to destroy it, and you must know that. You are so dishonest and a turd.

How many nuclear weapons does Israel possess? How about conventional military forces? What possible relationship does the size of a country bear on its ability to dominate its neighbors?
Israel Defense Forces - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

So? We have nuclear weapons too. So does Pakistan, amongst others. North Korea anyone? Lol. You are concerned with ISRAEL owning some nukes. Please, they are a reasonable country that doesn't want to start a world war, obviously. They have shown incredible restraint. You obviously have a delusional hatred for Israel.

Yes and thank to the American tax payer subsidizing Israel budget they can afford to give free abortions to 20 to 34 year olds
Israel, a nation with a forceful religious lobby and a conservative prime minister, is poised to offer its female citizens some of the most liberal abortion coverage in the world.

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The nation’s Health Ministry commission, led by Dr. Yonatan Halevy, last week announced its state-subsidized “health basket,” the package of medications and services that all Israeli citizens are entitled to under the nation’s health care system. It was approved by the cabinet on Sunday. The health basket is analyzed and amended on an annual basis, and among the many additional treatments to be offered to Israelis in 2014 are free-of-charge abortions for women ages 20-33.

Israel has always had a liberal stance on abortion, allowing women facing medical emergencies or those who are victims of rape or abuse to receive subsidies to help them terminate their pregnancies. Outside of those regulations, women can apply for abortions for reasons ranging from an emotional or mental threat caused by the pregnancy or for not being married to the baby’s father. All women who seek to end a pregnancy must appear before a three-member committee to state their case, but 98 percent of requests are approved. Women under the age of 20 or over the age of 40 were also previously eligible for subsidized abortions, regardless of the reason.

With the newly amended health care package, however, funding will now be available for more than 6,000 additional women seeking to terminate their pregnancies, at the cost at some NIS 16 million ($4.6 million). No medical reason for the abortion is required.

Halevy, director general of Shaare Tzedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, rejects the idea that the health commission’s move is in any way radical, and is quick to point out that the boost in abortion funding is but one small piece of several alterations to Israel’s state-sponsored health care, ranging from mental health care to the treatment of diabetes and beyond.

“We want large families in Israel. We definitely encourage birth,” he says. “But when pregnancy occurs and it is undesired or inadvertent, I think we should supply the means to end the pregnancy properly.”




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[mudwhistle]

Yo, its my thread. Scram clown boi.

Says the clownface motherfucker.

 

[mudwhistle]

Don't go away angry Just go away!!!

Israel was our best ally till Obama came along.

best ally? Remember the U.S.S. Liberty, and the Lawrence Franklin espionage scandal

.

Nope. I just remember Hamas and Hezbollah.

 

[ChrisL]

Apparently, Obama giving Israel 30 billion over this decade is "anti-Israel". To be a good underling, it looks like needs to kiss the feet of Netanyahu to prove he isn't an "antisemite" to the neoconservatives and zionists.

The Obameter Provide 30 billion over 10 years to Israel PolitiFact

"During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to 'implement a Memorandum of Understanding that provides $30 billion in assistance to Israel over the next decade -- investments to Israel's security that will not be tied to any other nation.'

"In August 2007, the Bush administration signed a 'memorandum of understanding' that outlined a 10-year framework for U.S. military assistance to Israel, according to the Congressional Research Service. It calls for incremental yearly increases in foreign military financing to Israel, with $3 billion allocated by fiscal year 2011.

"Funding under the memorandum "has been fully provided in the prior fiscal years and in 2012 appropriations,” said Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of J Street, a liberal group active on issued related to Israel.

"Specifically, Congress approved $3.075 billion in security assistance for Israel as part of a larger spending package for fiscal year 2012, according to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

"That marks the fourth consecutive year the memorandum"s terms have been met, AIPAC said.

"It's premature to say that the succeeding six years of the memorandum"s terms will be met. But so far, Obama has followed the lead of President George W. Bush and stuck to the terms of the funding agreement. As the 2012 elections approach, there"s no evidence that this is anything but a Promise Kept."

The Obameter Provide 30 billion over 10 years to Israel PolitiFact

Thirty billion $ over ten years to advance the cause of ethnic cleansing in Palestine.

Hitler and all his useful idiots would celebrate:

Will Israel turn Gaza white in November 2016?

Hyperbole much? That money is what Israel, the tiniest territory in the ME, uses to protect itself against hostile nations that would like nothing more than to destroy it, and you must know that. You are so dishonest and a turd.

How many nuclear weapons does Israel possess? How about conventional military forces? What possible relationship does the size of a country bear on its ability to dominate its neighbors?
Israel Defense Forces - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

So? We have nuclear weapons too. So does Pakistan, amongst others. North Korea anyone? Lol. You are concerned with ISRAEL owning some nukes. Please, they are a reasonable country that doesn't want to start a world war, obviously. They have shown incredible restraint. You obviously have a delusional hatred for Israel.

Yes and thank to the American tax payer subsidizing Israel budget they can afford to give free abortions to 20 to 34 year olds
Israel, a nation with a forceful religious lobby and a conservative prime minister, is poised to offer its female citizens some of the most liberal abortion coverage in the world.

Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email
and never miss our top stories FREE SIGN UP!

The nation’s Health Ministry commission, led by Dr. Yonatan Halevy, last week announced its state-subsidized “health basket,” the package of medications and services that all Israeli citizens are entitled to under the nation’s health care system. It was approved by the cabinet on Sunday. The health basket is analyzed and amended on an annual basis, and among the many additional treatments to be offered to Israelis in 2014 are free-of-charge abortions for women ages 20-33.

Israel has always had a liberal stance on abortion, allowing women facing medical emergencies or those who are victims of rape or abuse to receive subsidies to help them terminate their pregnancies. Outside of those regulations, women can apply for abortions for reasons ranging from an emotional or mental threat caused by the pregnancy or for not being married to the baby’s father. All women who seek to end a pregnancy must appear before a three-member committee to state their case, but 98 percent of requests are approved. Women under the age of 20 or over the age of 40 were also previously eligible for subsidized abortions, regardless of the reason.

With the newly amended health care package, however, funding will now be available for more than 6,000 additional women seeking to terminate their pregnancies, at the cost at some NIS 16 million ($4.6 million). No medical reason for the abortion is required.

Halevy, director general of Shaare Tzedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, rejects the idea that the health commission’s move is in any way radical, and is quick to point out that the boost in abortion funding is but one small piece of several alterations to Israel’s state-sponsored health care, ranging from mental health care to the treatment of diabetes and beyond.

“We want large families in Israel. We definitely encourage birth,” he says. “But when pregnancy occurs and it is undesired or inadvertent, I think we should supply the means to end the pregnancy properly.”




Read more: Israel's abortion law now among world's most liberal | The Times of Israel Israel s abortion law now among world s most liberal The Times of Israel
Follow us: @timesofisrael on Twitter | timesofisrael on Facebook

I'm glad Israel has nukes. Good on them. Keeps those nuts at bay.

 

[mudwhistle]

"During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to 'implement a Memorandum of Understanding that provides $30 billion in assistance to Israel over the next decade -- investments to Israel's security that will not be tied to any other nation.'

"In August 2007, the Bush administration signed a 'memorandum of understanding' that outlined a 10-year framework for U.S. military assistance to Israel, according to the Congressional Research Service. It calls for incremental yearly increases in foreign military financing to Israel, with $3 billion allocated by fiscal year 2011.

"Funding under the memorandum "has been fully provided in the prior fiscal years and in 2012 appropriations,” said Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of J Street, a liberal group active on issued related to Israel.

"Specifically, Congress approved $3.075 billion in security assistance for Israel as part of a larger spending package for fiscal year 2012, according to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

"That marks the fourth consecutive year the memorandum"s terms have been met, AIPAC said.

"It's premature to say that the succeeding six years of the memorandum"s terms will be met. But so far, Obama has followed the lead of President George W. Bush and stuck to the terms of the funding agreement. As the 2012 elections approach, there"s no evidence that this is anything but a Promise Kept."

The Obameter Provide 30 billion over 10 years to Israel PolitiFact

Thirty billion $ over ten years to advance the cause of ethnic cleansing in Palestine.

Hitler and all his useful idiots would celebrate:

Will Israel turn Gaza white in November 2016?

Hyperbole much? That money is what Israel, the tiniest territory in the ME, uses to protect itself against hostile nations that would like nothing more than to destroy it, and you must know that. You are so dishonest and a turd.

How many nuclear weapons does Israel possess? How about conventional military forces? What possible relationship does the size of a country bear on its ability to dominate its neighbors?
Israel Defense Forces - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

So? We have nuclear weapons too. So does Pakistan, amongst others. North Korea anyone? Lol. You are concerned with ISRAEL owning some nukes. Please, they are a reasonable country that doesn't want to start a world war, obviously. They have shown incredible restraint. You obviously have a delusional hatred for Israel.

Yes and thank to the American tax payer subsidizing Israel budget they can afford to give free abortions to 20 to 34 year olds
Israel, a nation with a forceful religious lobby and a conservative prime minister, is poised to offer its female citizens some of the most liberal abortion coverage in the world.

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The nation’s Health Ministry commission, led by Dr. Yonatan Halevy, last week announced its state-subsidized “health basket,” the package of medications and services that all Israeli citizens are entitled to under the nation’s health care system. It was approved by the cabinet on Sunday. The health basket is analyzed and amended on an annual basis, and among the many additional treatments to be offered to Israelis in 2014 are free-of-charge abortions for women ages 20-33.

Israel has always had a liberal stance on abortion, allowing women facing medical emergencies or those who are victims of rape or abuse to receive subsidies to help them terminate their pregnancies. Outside of those regulations, women can apply for abortions for reasons ranging from an emotional or mental threat caused by the pregnancy or for not being married to the baby’s father. All women who seek to end a pregnancy must appear before a three-member committee to state their case, but 98 percent of requests are approved. Women under the age of 20 or over the age of 40 were also previously eligible for subsidized abortions, regardless of the reason.

With the newly amended health care package, however, funding will now be available for more than 6,000 additional women seeking to terminate their pregnancies, at the cost at some NIS 16 million ($4.6 million). No medical reason for the abortion is required.

Halevy, director general of Shaare Tzedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, rejects the idea that the health commission’s move is in any way radical, and is quick to point out that the boost in abortion funding is but one small piece of several alterations to Israel’s state-sponsored health care, ranging from mental health care to the treatment of diabetes and beyond.

“We want large families in Israel. We definitely encourage birth,” he says. “But when pregnancy occurs and it is undesired or inadvertent, I think we should supply the means to end the pregnancy properly.”




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I'm glad Israel has nukes. Good on them. Keeps those nuts at bay.

After all of the crap they've put up with they should nuke Mecca.

 

[ChrisL]

Hyperbole much? That money is what Israel, the tiniest territory in the ME, uses to protect itself against hostile nations that would like nothing more than to destroy it, and you must know that. You are so dishonest and a turd.

How many nuclear weapons does Israel possess? How about conventional military forces? What possible relationship does the size of a country bear on its ability to dominate its neighbors?
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So? We have nuclear weapons too. So does Pakistan, amongst others. North Korea anyone? Lol. You are concerned with ISRAEL owning some nukes. Please, they are a reasonable country that doesn't want to start a world war, obviously. They have shown incredible restraint. You obviously have a delusional hatred for Israel.

Yes and thank to the American tax payer subsidizing Israel budget they can afford to give free abortions to 20 to 34 year olds
Israel, a nation with a forceful religious lobby and a conservative prime minister, is poised to offer its female citizens some of the most liberal abortion coverage in the world.

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The nation’s Health Ministry commission, led by Dr. Yonatan Halevy, last week announced its state-subsidized “health basket,” the package of medications and services that all Israeli citizens are entitled to under the nation’s health care system. It was approved by the cabinet on Sunday. The health basket is analyzed and amended on an annual basis, and among the many additional treatments to be offered to Israelis in 2014 are free-of-charge abortions for women ages 20-33.

Israel has always had a liberal stance on abortion, allowing women facing medical emergencies or those who are victims of rape or abuse to receive subsidies to help them terminate their pregnancies. Outside of those regulations, women can apply for abortions for reasons ranging from an emotional or mental threat caused by the pregnancy or for not being married to the baby’s father. All women who seek to end a pregnancy must appear before a three-member committee to state their case, but 98 percent of requests are approved. Women under the age of 20 or over the age of 40 were also previously eligible for subsidized abortions, regardless of the reason.

With the newly amended health care package, however, funding will now be available for more than 6,000 additional women seeking to terminate their pregnancies, at the cost at some NIS 16 million ($4.6 million). No medical reason for the abortion is required.

Halevy, director general of Shaare Tzedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, rejects the idea that the health commission’s move is in any way radical, and is quick to point out that the boost in abortion funding is but one small piece of several alterations to Israel’s state-sponsored health care, ranging from mental health care to the treatment of diabetes and beyond.

“We want large families in Israel. We definitely encourage birth,” he says. “But when pregnancy occurs and it is undesired or inadvertent, I think we should supply the means to end the pregnancy properly.”




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I'm glad Israel has nukes. Good on them. Keeps those nuts at bay.

After all of the crap they've put up with they should nuke Mecca.

The nuts know they have them. I think that is deterrence enough for now anyway.

 

[Iceweasel]

I don't get the lib's fascination with al Jazeera. Qatar is governed under Sharia law. As such:

Islamic beliefs and tribal traditions provide an important foundation of the country’s customs, laws and practices.

Homosexual activity is considered to be a criminal offence, and those convicted may be sentenced to lashings, a prison sentence, and/or deportation.

Qatar does not allow individuals with HIV/AIDS to live in the country. Medical exams are required for all long-term visitors and residents. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS may be subject to deportation.

Foreign visitors are expected to remain sensitive to Islamic beliefs and practices and not dress in a revealing or provocative manner, including the wearing of sleeveless shirts and blouses, halter tops and shorts.

Incidents involving insults or obscene language/gestures often result in arrest, overnight imprisonment and/or fines whether the incident occurs between private parties or involves officers of the law. Insulting someone in public is considered a punishable offence.

 

[ChrisL]

I don't get the lib's fascination with al Jazeera. Qatar is governed under Sharia law. As such:

Islamic beliefs and tribal traditions provide an important foundation of the country’s customs, laws and practices.

Homosexual activity is considered to be a criminal offence, and those convicted may be sentenced to lashings, a prison sentence, and/or deportation.

Qatar does not allow individuals with HIV/AIDS to live in the country. Medical exams are required for all long-term visitors and residents. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS may be subject to deportation.

Foreign visitors are expected to remain sensitive to Islamic beliefs and practices and not dress in a revealing or provocative manner, including the wearing of sleeveless shirts and blouses, halter tops and shorts.

Incidents involving insults or obscene language/gestures often result in arrest, overnight imprisonment and/or fines whether the incident occurs between private parties or involves officers of the law. Insulting someone in public is considered a punishable offence.

It's ironic that they are SOOO religiously conservative and the liberals defend them. The Muslims probably HATE the liberals of America and think of them as such trash. Lol.

 

[Iceweasel]

I don't get the lib's fascination with al Jazeera. Qatar is governed under Sharia law. As such:

Islamic beliefs and tribal traditions provide an important foundation of the country’s customs, laws and practices.

Homosexual activity is considered to be a criminal offence, and those convicted may be sentenced to lashings, a prison sentence, and/or deportation.

Qatar does not allow individuals with HIV/AIDS to live in the country. Medical exams are required for all long-term visitors and residents. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS may be subject to deportation.

Foreign visitors are expected to remain sensitive to Islamic beliefs and practices and not dress in a revealing or provocative manner, including the wearing of sleeveless shirts and blouses, halter tops and shorts.

Incidents involving insults or obscene language/gestures often result in arrest, overnight imprisonment and/or fines whether the incident occurs between private parties or involves officers of the law. Insulting someone in public is considered a punishable offence.

It's ironic that they are SOOO religiously conservative and the liberals defend them. The Muslims probably HATE the liberals of America and think of them as such trash. Lol.

We are called the Great Satan for a reason. They hate everything liberals stand for but the libs can't figure it out.