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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (240528)	9/1/2007 7:20:54 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 281500

"But there is a certain set of common values and shared history that makes the alliance with the US more solid and less likely to turn on a dime than most." That would certainly be true of Britain, but not Israel. supporting Israel is not in our national interest, and the ONLY thing that keeps it going is AIPAC and the American Zionist Lobby. It just doesn't make sense in the post Cold War world.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (240528)	9/2/2007 5:00:53 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

But there is a certain set of common values ... The USA grants citizenship (with all the rights which that entitles) to any human born on its soil . Israel accepts a human born anywhere on the planet of a Jewish mother as an Israeli citizen, and denies that same citizenship to non-Jewish, non-Israeli children regardless of where they were born. The first rule is part of the US value that all men are created equal. The second rule is part of the Israeli value that says Jews are different from non-Jews. There's not much "common" in those two understandings of humanity.