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Asset their special forces are out of this world.
Eleven minutes after the Declaration of Independence was signed, President Truman de facto recognized the State of Israel, followed by Iran (which had voted against the UN partition plan), Guatemala, Iceland, Nicaragua, Romania and Uruguay. The Soviet Union was the first nation to recognize Israel de jure on 17 May 1948, followed by Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Ireland and South Africa.[11] The United States extended official recognition on 31 January 1949.[12]
The declaration was followed by an invasion of the new state by troops from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, starting the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, known in Israel as the War of Independence (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמאות‎, Milhamat HaAtzma'ut). Although a truce began on 11 June, fighting resumed on 8 July and stopped again on 18 July, before restarting in mid-October and finally ending on 24 July 1949 with the signing of the armistice agreement with Syria. By then Israel had retained its independence and increased its land area by almost 50% compared to the partition plan.
Following independence, Moetzet HaAm was transformed into the Provisional State Council, which acted as the legislative body for the new state until the first elections in January 1949.
Many of the signatories went on to play a prominent role in Israeli politics following independence; Moshe Sharett and Golda Meir both served as Prime Minister, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi became the country's second president in 1952, and several others served as ministers. David Remez was the first signatory to pass away, dying in May 1951, whilst Meir Vilner, the youngest signatory at just 29, was the longest living, serving in the Knesset until 1990 and dying in June 2003. Eliyahu Berligne, the oldest signatory at 82, died in 1959.
unequivocally, yes!
gawd, I love Israel.
That's nice--but is it worth supporting everything they do ?
It is if you don't enjoy being called an anti-semite.
That's nice--but is it worth supporting everything they do ?
so the unhinged had a day out today?It is if you don't enjoy being called an anti-semite.
I suspect you'd find that if you didn't make comments like that, and didn't support throwing Israel under the bus, that you might find some agreement and some disagreement on the things that Israel has done.
I suspect you'd find that if you didn't make comments like that, and didn't support throwing Israel under the bus, that you might find some agreement and some disagreement on the things that Israel has done.
But it would also mean a reality check about the double standard to which Israel is subjected and that no other country on earth would be asked to tolerate the things that the world expects Israel to tolerate.
Certainly a liability, just like a school bully issue with one of your children would be a liability. But a responsible parent does the right thing, and supports his child.Or a liability?
9 experts address that question here:
National Journal Online -- National Security Experts -- Is Israel A Strategic Liability For The United States?
It makes for interesting reading.
Certainly a liability, just like a school bully issue with one of your children would be a liability. But a responsible parent does the right thing, and supports his child.
well ya gotta ask yerself, "does obamalama wanna be the one who cuts ties and watches Israel die" well, does he? huh?
well ya gotta ask yerself, "does obamalama wanna be the one who cuts ties and watches Israel die" well, does he? huh?
All the countries who were part of the Allies have responsibility, not just the UK. Some may shirk their responsibilities, but that doesn't mean that the US should.Well wouldn't techinically it'd be the UK's child to deal with? At least from what I been told the last week or two.
don't be a moron. America's strategic interests with Israel override the domestic goals of any term of any individual Presidency.
and exactly what are those strategic interests again ?
