America Can Easily Be Moved
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu famously was unaware that he was being filmed when he commented that
“America is a thing you can move very easily, moved in the right
direction.” His predecessor Ariel Sharon was even more to the point when
he reportedly said
“Every time we do something you tell me America will do this and will
do that …don’t worry about American pressure; I tell you, we, the Jewish
people, control America and the American people know it!”
If
this were only chest thumping rhetoric one might just shrug and go about
one’s business, but actions speak louder than words, even in the world
of corrupt politicians, where nothing is ever as it seems to be. In the
past year alone, the U.S. government has moved its Embassy in Israel to
Jerusalem, has stopped criticizing the Netanyahu government’s expansion
of illegal settlements, and is reportedly currently contemplating
recognizing as legal Israel’s illegal occupation of the Syrian Golan
Heights. All the moves were and are contrary to actual American
interests.
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Giraldi, an American patriot
Rubio, an "incoming" fart in a paper bag
"First of all, let me tell you what it doesn’t do. It doesn’t outlaw BDS. if you’re an American company and you want to boycott or divest from Israel, it doesn’t make it illegal. It doesn’t stop you from doing it. The only thing it says is if there is some city or county or state in this country who wants to support Israel, they have a right to say we are not going to buy services or goods from any company that’s boycotting or divesting from Israel. That’s all it does. It gives cities and counties like these 26 states the opportunity to have their elected officials who respond to the people of those states or cities or counties that elected them to make a decision that they are not going to do business with people who don’t do business with Israel and boycott Israel. In essence, it allows us to boycott the boycotters".
In any event, the Senate bill failed in two tries last week with a vote of 56 in favor and 45 against followed by a 53 to 43 tally, with 60 votes being needed to advance for a final vote. It was supported by every Republican senator, but never fear, S.1 will surely pass when the government shutdown ends and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, himself a beneficiary of generous pro-Israel PAC donations, brings it up again for yet another vote. The Democrats who voted against S.1 to embarrass President Trump and protest the shutdown included Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Ben Cardin who are unrestrained champions of Israel due to both their ethnic and religious ties. Schumer has described himself as Israel’s “shomer” or protector in the Senate while Cardin has been a key player in advancing any and all pro-Israel legislation. They and most other Democrats will support the bill as they are in thrall to Israel as much as are the Republicans.
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