Biden, Israeli President Rivlin to discuss Iran, Israel defense needs

P. SmithToday  06:54 am JST

Israel is hypocritical regarding nuclear weapons. If it wants to ensure its own safety, Israel needs to stop its constant and unrelenting abuses of the human rights of the Palestinians.

BDS Israel.

Is the US hypocritical regarding nuclear weapons? The article concerns the US, Iran and Israel.

And attacking Israel without looking at the other side constitute anti-semitism.

No matter what happens in Israel, the US will never abandon or stop giving aid to Israel.

And attacking Israel without looking at the other side constitute anti-semitism.

OK, so attacking Palestine without looking at the other side constitutes islamophobia, right?

JsapcToday  08:00 am JST

OK, so attacking Palestine without looking at the other side constitutes islamophobia, right?

The US has a standard that I am just following:

Applying double standards by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation.

https://www.state.gov/defining-anti-semitism/

And to answer your question, Israel is a country. There is no country called Palestine.

And who is attacking this supposed country of Palestine? I haven't seen anyone here do so.

By your attempted hypothesis, attacking China without looking at the other side would constitute , I don't know, Chinaphobia?

Kind of a stretch, since we all know the origins of anti-semitism, and there is no other country with a similar history.

So a simple answer to your question is, No, of course not.

The US needs to be tough on our enemy, Iran, and support its ally, Israel of course.

While Iran is supporting attacks against the US in Iraq, who would suggest we should concede anything to an Islamic terrorist backed government in Iran?

Per JT:

The United States said on Sunday it carried out another round of air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, this time in response to drone attacks by the militia against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq.

https://japantoday.com/category/world/update-1-u.s.-carries-out-air-strikes-against-iran-backed-militia-in-iraq-syria

And to answer your question, Israel is a country. There is no country called Palestine.

You are obviously confused:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine

By your attempted hypothesis, attacking China without looking at the other side would constitute , I don't know, Chinaphobia?

That is not my hypothesis, it's yours entirely. I think you can be critical of a country's governement without hating its residents and its people. You don't seem to think that it's possible.

JsapcToday  09:54 am JST

You are obviously confused:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine

Really?

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states#gotoP

JsapcToday  09:54 am JST

That is not my hypothesis, it's yours entirely. I think you can be critical of a country's governement without hating its residents and its people. You don't seem to think that it's possible.

No, it is yours.

Really?

Yup.

Palestine, officially recognized as the State of Palestine by the United Nations and other entities, is a de jure sovereign state in Western Asia officially governed by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and claiming the West Bank and Gaza Strip with Jerusalem as the designated capital.

No, it is yours.

Great retort there.

And attacking Israel without looking at the other side constitute anti-semitism.

No it does not. The anti-semitism charge is being used to silence legitimate criticism of the Israeli government. Criticizing Israeli government policy does not constitute anti-semitism.

https://www.state.gov/defining-anti-semitism/

The US Govt can take their definition and stuff it where the sun doesn't shine. They are hardly the arbiter of what does or does not constitute anti-semitism. In fact they are among those who are most guilty of wielding the anti-semitism cudgel to beat down legitimate criticism of official US government policy. They are trying to use this to stifle free speech and it will not work.

Sorry folks, as much as you would rather Biden meet the president of the innocent and oppressed Palestinians, he isn't and never will. Oh, by the way, Hamas is still a U.S. designated terrorist group.

He wil get a lecture about "regime change" in Syria, which has been the obsession of various Israeli governments for a long time. Dont be surprised if bumbling Biden starts bombing Syria again.

JsapcToday  10:06 am JST

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Palestine, officially recognized as the State of Palestine by the United Nations and other entities, is a de jure sovereign state in Western Asia officially governed by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and claiming the West Bank and Gaza Strip with Jerusalem as the designated capital.

Oh, so why is Israel in Judeah and Sumara? As it was never part of the state you call Palestine, I guess it is part of Israel. Glad you accept that.

bass4funkToday  07:51 am JST

No matter what happens in Israel, the US will never abandon or stop giving aid to Israel.

No matter what happens? Israel could turn into a Zionist version of Iran or Saudi Arabia, with ultra-orthodox Taliban-like characters going around terrorizing everyone, and the US would support them nevertheless? Actually, going by the way they've kissed up to people like the Saudis, Pinochet, Noriega and, let's not forget, the CIA-bankrolled LDP, that's not so hard to imagine.

No matter what happens? Israel could turn into a Zionist version of Iran or Saudi Arabia, with ultra-orthodox Taliban-like characters going around terrorizing everyone, and the US would support them nevertheless? 

Yes. The evangelicals fervently believe that a militant and hegemonic Israel has to start the great final war Armageddon so there will be a second coming of christ and they will all supposedly be saved. No barbarity would be too great for the evangelicals. In fact they heartily encourage Israel to be as brutal as possible towards its neighbors so that great final war the dream of will start. Oh, and not incidentally I have been told, if the US supports Israel no matter what, god will spare the US any suffering during the tribulations and Armageddon. I have been told all of this to my face by evangelicals. I could not make this up. When I questioned them, asking "you mean the foreign policy of the worlds greatest nation is being held hostage to this?" they just smiled smugly and said "yes". Truth is stranger than fiction.

Btw, a lot of members of the US Congress are evangelicals who are brought up in this ideology and their policy making reflects this. Abram Vereide and Doug Coe laid the groundwork. Find out who they are.