Cable Forum - US Veto Again

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Originally Posted by danielf

I think it has more to do with the fact that there is a powerful Jewish lobby in US politics. The US seems to support Israel unless there is absolutely no chance of getting out of it. If they can find an excuse to veto a resolution condemning Israel, they will.

More to do with the bible belt christians and their belief that Israel must exist for Jesus to come back than Jewish pressure in the US.
The idea of a strong Jewish lobby group is a handy thing to have around as people believe it readily (after all, the jewish people are an easy target to dislike/hate as history has shown)
The difference between Jews and Israel is sometimes lost when things are reported in the media.
Islamic nations hold Israel responsible for the appauling treatment of the palestinian people (Jerrek, for your post on how israel is a free country, tell that to all the palestinians who have been killed or injured protesting peacfully. It seems you can say what you like as long as you are not a second class citizen, ie Palestinian), but they are able to diferentiate between Israel that state/gov and Jews.
The US needs to start working to improve the situation there. They won huge amounts of respect and credit with Clinton's work, and they need to build that back up again.