Special Relationship 2.0?

No! No new 'special relationship' between the US and Israel. NO. We aren't having it! And get rid of the old 'special relationship'!

We shouldn't be fooled by Netanyahu supposedly calling for an end to US aid to Israel. It's just a bait and switch, as this article on our new special relationship points out. Instead of the huge amount of money the US sends to Israel, TPTB will do this:

What emerges is a plan to continue aid to Israel in a different form. Instead of sending money to Israel, which they have to spend with American corporations, Congress would appropriate money for joint development and production projects instead. This can be presented as an investment in American jobs in partnership with Israel rather than as taxpayer assistance to a foreign government.

Gah! The US's and Israel's actions make me wanna puke at times...

The article about this on Popular Resistance is really good (see link above). It's worth reading to learn about this 'change' in the US's relationship with Israel. Yea, sure there's a change... The article ends with this:

It is, therefore, crucial to move beyond the arguments that Israel does not need aid to the more important one raised by actions like Bernie Sanders’ recent Joint Resolutions of Disapproval: Israel has proven itself to be a country that will use weapons to commit the most heinous of crimes, up to, and including, genocide. There must be no aid, no sales, no cooperation with Israel on military matters whatsoever. Any breach of that principle makes us all complicit in Israel’s crimes.

Go Bernie! Not that it'll matter at all... Yes, I'm being very pessimistic right now.

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