British
Foreign Secretary William Hague has supported the Israeli regime’s
brutal military offensive against the defenseless Palestinians in the
Gaza Strip.
In separate phone calls to the president of the Palestinian national
unity government, Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor
Lieberman on Saturday, Hague said Israel has the “right to defend
itself” against rocket attacks from Gaza.“I told Minister Lieberman that continuing rocket attacks from Gaza are completely unacceptable. Israel has the right to defend itself against such attacks, but the whole world wanted to see de-escalation,” Hague said.His comments came days after British Prime Minister expressed support for Israel in its ongoing war against Palestinians.
In a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week, Cameron reiterated Britain’s “staunch support” for the ongoing Israeli bombing campaign against the besieged Gaza.
According to reports, at least 166 Palestinians, most of them women and children, have lost their lives since Israel launched its offensive against Gaza last week. Nearly 1,100 others have been also injured in the ongoing deadly air raids.
This is while Israeli tanks have now lined up along the Gaza border, firing into the region. Tel Aviv has also mobilized some 33,000 reservists in preparation for a possible ground incursion.
Thousands of anti-Israeli protesters on Sunday gathered outside the Israeli embassy in London, calling on the British government and media to stop supporting Tel Aviv's atrocities.
People in Iran, the US, Jordan, Tunisia, Turkey, France, Indonesia have also taken to the streets, calling for a halt to the Israeli attacks.
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Source: Press TV Iran - here.
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U.S. foreign aid to Israel: 2012 congressional report
Israel is currently the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign aid since World War II. Although aid to Israel began in 1949 with a $100 million bank loan, large-scale U.S. assistance for Israel increased dramatically throughout the several Arab-Israeli wars in the 1960s and 1970s.
A 2012 report by the Congressional Research Service, “U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel,” characterizes the historical financial relationship, types of military spending and current trends.
Among the highlights of the report are:
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- To date, the United States has provided Israel $115 billion in bilateral assistance. It is currently the second largest recipient of aid worldwide, with Afghanistan now first.
FULL article - Journalist Resource Org - here.
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COMMENT
If there is so much aid from the US, it's probably stategically important to the US.
So the odds of US (or its allies) intervening are pretty slim.
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