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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (37444)	9/30/2009 1:53:36 AM
From: RMF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

How much WELFARE are we supposed to give to Israel? How many hundreds of Billions have we already spent on Israel and how many Trillions are we expected to spend to protect their 8 million people?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (37444)	10/1/2009 2:48:50 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

An IDF legal adviser—the equivalent of an American JAG—tells the story of a 2 a.m. bombing of a suspected weapons cache in Gaza interrupted by a last-minute petition to the Supreme Court by the owner of the house to be bombed. IDF troops were on the ground, evacuating the area and wiring the building when a secretary of the Supreme Court called the legal adviser to halt the operations. A Supreme Court judge had to be roused from sleep to hear a telephonic brief about the target in question and decide whether to grant an injunction stopping the operation. That's wild. The ultimate evolution of lawfare...