Israel—America’s Middle East Pain In the Ass

  I understand the Holocaust. I was ten years old, sitting in a movie-theater with my family when Dachau was liberated by American troops in WWII. The audience, coming to see a light Cary Grant comedy of the time, left the theater in stunned silence.

America supports Israel, warts and all

But it’s a tough job, supporting Israel in these modern times as they continue to turn away from Palestinian statehood. Is 'pain in the ass' too harsh a term? Perhaps, but every recent president has tried and failed to bring Israel to the table in an agreement for a Palestinian state. Which brings up a relevant question:

When and how does a victim of fascism become a perpetrator of fascist policy? Israel was given a portion of Palestine by Western powers as a homeland and they took the rest after the Six-Day-War in 1967.

At the time, they had a choice and chose not to move forward. That choice was to accept what was left of Palestine as a separate state and include it in the agrarian and industrial pro…