If a real war ever broke out that threatened the USA, our most trusted ally will once again be the United Kingdom. Next will be France and Germany and then the rest of NATO. Israel doesn't have the economic means to come to our aid in any measurable capacity.
Concentration camps have existed during every war. The USA had them in WW2, the Korean Peace Action, the Vietnam Peace Action, and both Iraq conflicts. It is not a German/Jewish/Holocaust term. Israel is running concentration camps, not Nazi-style extermination camps. Israel is not enacting the Final Solution to deal with the Palestinian problem. Israel's concentration camps have no endgame. They can't exterminate the Palestinians, they can't annex the land because it would screw up the Jew/Arab population balance in Israel, and the Palestinians won't leave.
Israel is not surrounded by four walls. Israel is not surrounded by nations committed to its destruction. Israel has peace and normalized relations with Jordan and Egypt, it's two longest borders. The threats of imminent destruction and cries of "Never again" are over exaggerated for political purposes, one of which is to suck US money in. Everybody knows that Israel will turn the entire Middle East into a nuclear wasteland before being overrun. None of the real or perceived threats can explain the need for the Gaza and West Bank concentration camps.
The opposition does recognize Israel's right to exist. The opposition does show Israel on the map but with different borders. Iran recognized Israel's right to exist until the Shah fell from power. The Palestinian Authority recognizes Israel's right to exist. The PA doesn't recognize Israel as a "Jewish State" as demanded in the recent peace talks. I don't care for theocracies as well.
Too many people on all sides stay in power in the Middle East by perpetuating war. Peace neuters them. Arafat is a great example. It serves him right that the French killed him.
It is time to give up on the West Bank land grab. It is time to get USA taxpayer money out of Israel. When Israel wants peace, we can talk.
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