CharleneG
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- May 10, 2015
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Whenever I read or hear criticism about something Israel has done, it's justified as a response, or a preemptive action, to something that Palestinians, or Iranians, or Syrians, or Americans (Obama, mainly) have done. It's as though Israel's foreign policies and activities are entirely controlled by outsiders.
I know much less about Israeli domestic affairs, so perhaps they follow some sort of self-established national agenda (not including anti-Arab actions, which would be more of the above).
But Israel's foreign affairs seem to be entirely reactive. Are there any examples of Israel acting internationally simply to advance its own peaceful, even idealistic, goals, without in any way justifying them in terms of what someone else has done or will do?
I know much less about Israeli domestic affairs, so perhaps they follow some sort of self-established national agenda (not including anti-Arab actions, which would be more of the above).
But Israel's foreign affairs seem to be entirely reactive. Are there any examples of Israel acting internationally simply to advance its own peaceful, even idealistic, goals, without in any way justifying them in terms of what someone else has done or will do?