Rising Hegemon
The fact that Americans, still at this point, don't understand international politics and such -- due both to determined ignorance and incredibly shoddy and scant coverage by the media explains the fact that American politics has to be more pro-Israeli and anti-Palestinian, than Israel's internal politics.
As Marshall says:
I won't take the time to recapitulate the whole article. But you should read it because it covers a basic reality -- by conflating being pro-Israel with supporting the continued colonization of the West Bank, many of Israel's 'friends' in the US are placing Israel in great danger and doing no favor to the United States either.
It is infuriating and incredibly bad for Israel that its most important international supporter has become so myopic. At this point, thanks to the poison of the Neo-Cons and the Bush Administration taking less than the full-on Likud position on anything gets you labeled as a potential "anti-Semite" or having a "jewish problem" [even when polls show most American Jews agree with your position -- just not the ones who speak about Israel on the tee-vee]
It is the road to disaster for all of us, but especially Israel and the Palestinians.
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