President Obama and Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu struck a hawkish tone in their high-profile White House meeting today, talking up massive increases in military aid for Israel while Obama praised Israel’s government for its use of “self-defense” in the ongoing crackdown against Palestinian unrest.
Long-standing disputes between Netanyahu and Obama seemed to be all but forgotten today, with Obama seemingly ready to endorse anything and everything Israel’s far-right government is doing, a fact which led Netanyahu to term it “one of the best” meetings they’d ever had.
While most of the public narrative between the two was the usual self-congratulatory comments about the inherent greatness of the US-Israeli relationship, the nuts and bolts of the talk appear to have centered on the increase in military aid, one which both sides agreed to expedite.
A 10-year, $30 billion military aid package signed under the Bush Administration is set to expire soon, and Obama made clear a new decade-long package was a “top priority,” with experts saying the talks are expected to put in place a package worth “substantially more” than the expiring one.
Israeli officials have made no secret their intention to get a massive increase above the previous deal, with the most recent talks late last week suggesting Netanyahu was looking for at least $50 billion over the next 10 years. US officials had previously suggested the deal would be in the $36-$37 billion range.
In addition to the new decade-long package, the US and Israel are also negotiating a one-off deal as “reparations” for Israel’s objections to the Iran nuclear deal, a package which itself is expected to be worth several billion dollars.
Today the propaganda network CNN carried an article entitled “the most disgusting thing you’ll read this week.” It turned out to be an article about a man with a tapeworm in his brain.
Instead, CNN could have run this article about increasing US aid to Israel because it is infinitely more disgusting. And the analogy of Israel to a tapeworm is perfect. Of course, Zionist parasites control CNN’s thinking so they would never print such an article. Obviously these deadly parasites have infested our government too or our leaders would be cutting them out instead of making them more powerful.
I see Bibi has all his "demands" met while Obama is praising
him for "Self defense" against women and children.
Makes you wonder who is really running Washington.
Oh, I don't wonder at all.
Oboomer is a stooge. As always, the USG taxpayer is stuck paying
the 50 billion dollar welfare check he cut for that freeloader.
Tough guy Obama stands up to Putin to the point of risking open warfare with Russia, yet wimp Obama can't stand up to bully boy Nuttyahoo, who tried to get him defeated and whom he supposedly despises.. What the h*** is going on in the US – lapdog and colony of Israel?
Ignorance is devouring America – purposeful ignorance on the part of the religious right and accidental ignorance on the part of stressed out working class. The religious right insists upon treating the racist, cruel Israelis as direct descendants of "Children of the Bible" as they are told in Sunday School. What crap. I have relatives who are settlers in Israel. Trust me, they are not holy – I don't even believe that they are Jewish. When I knew them, they were non religious. As for the mostly, secular working class in this country, between their two jobs, they probably listen to 15 minutes of world news a day. And, of course, that packaged news is propaganda.
back in the old days when one state taxed its subjects in order to pay another state it was called tribute.
Today the propaganda network CNN carried an article entitled “the most disgusting thing you’ll read this week.” It turned out to be an article about a man with a tapeworm in his brain.
Instead, CNN could have run this article about increasing aid to Israel because it is infinitely more disgusting. And the analogy of Israel to a tapeworm is perfect. Of course, Zionist parasites control CNN’s thinking so they would never print such an article. Obviously these deadly parasites have infested our government too or we would be cutting them out instead of making them more powerful.
It doesn't mean anything to the poor stupid Eloi patsies.
Disgusting is the word.
What a disgusting sellout a President and Congress we have. "Our" government is completely bought and paid for by Israel and her traitorous fifth column here at home. Social Security was denied a COLA hike. We cannot get clean water in Detroit and Toledo. Our bridges collapse. Our streets and highways are deteriorated. Our schools are horrible. Our veterans go begging.
"Our" leaders cannot shovel enough money to Israel, or have their own hands out enough. All the worse that this money goes to ethic cleansing the native Palestinians and slow motion genociding them. Israel is a nuclear armed, apartheid, self proclaimed theocracy. We do not share, or we should not share any values with Israel at all. I understand israel is seeking an aircraft carrier. Let me suggest that we name it the Liberty, or the Pollard!
WE pay the BRIBES that congress collects from israel.
WHY are "American"politicians always taking "trips"to Israel? To collect their BRIBES.
American Taxpayers give $4BILLION a year to Israel. How much of YOUR $4 BILLION is coming back to America as BRIBES to "your" politicians? The Stooges that fall all over themselves putting Israel's interests AHEAD of America!
“Pro-Israel Policy groups such as AIPAC work with unlimited funding to divert US policy in the region ( Middle East )” Jack Straw, Member of Parliament and former Foreign Secretary of the British Labor Party
"Reparations" for diplomacy with another country. Golden.
You don't KNOW who runs Washington, the media, Hollywood, and Wall Street?
Due to his secret personal life, Obama is an Israeli blackmailed stooge, he won't tell the American people Israel did 911. Do a Google search Israel did 911.
Oh yes, there goes President Peace Prize once again providing weapons of mass destruction to the world's biggest war criminal and butcher.
Meanwhile America's entire infrastructure is collapsing…roads falling apart, cities turning into war zones, veterans living on the streets…but Israel gets a mega-billion handout. Again.
America needs an intervention to save it from it's Israel addiction.
I could be wrong, but I sense that Netanyahu has agreed to allow the Iran deal to go through without further objection in exchange for money, much of which will go to him personally. Obama may feel that the momentum is with Iran rejoining the family of nations and once Iran is a member, it will be difficult to roust public animosity to the point of supporting a war against her. This may be worth a few billion more in the way of payoffs to Iran. It could also be that Obama has convinced Netanyahu that a neutral Iran is better than an Iran aligned with Russia, which is where we are today, and where we will most certainly be tomorrow should Israeli anti-Iranian animosity infect the American public.
$50 billion; sweet. Considering there are only eight million people living in Israel, that is quite a handout. Talk about a welfare state. With that kind of sum, no Israeli citizen need pay any taxes. Sounds more like Israel is really on life support.
This is inasane!
This is insane!
Yet the Faux Conservatives will keep repeating the line that Obama is an Anti-Semite.
I love my country but I'm NOT proud of my government! I feel betrayed and our government has blood on it's hands. To allow the sadistic, war mongering criminal Netanyahu to visit the White House and once again make a total mockery of our government and get away with "blood money" that will be spent to further annihilate the Palestinians, in spite of the UN sanctions and strong world opinion, is an insult to the people of our country. That man should have been arrested upon arrival in the US and turned over to the World Court. He is a war criminal. President Obama has been a disappointment to me. This whole scene sickens me. It is more evidence of the highly corrupt political system that we have to suffer.
Obama, you make me sick, to the point of puking!! You got guts praising Nuttyyahoo about his governments defense against the Palestinians! You are despicable!!! You belong with the rest of the many war criminals
What defense do the Palestinians have?? NONE!!!
I should have added this to my post. Why should we keep on funding Israel?? We need the he;p here in the US! Our infrastructure is in dire need of repair—-people are going hungry and sick our Vets also need help. There is always money for wars and for Israel–the US gets the crumbs!! Top of that Nattenyahu is nothing but a backstabber–cannot be trusted at all!
Endless $$$ for Israel, yet another violation of our rights. The gov’t constantly violates our rights.
They violate the 1st Amendment by banning books like “America Deceived III”.
They violate the 2nd Amendment by banning guns.
Both parties are lawless.
Last link of “America Deceived III” before it is completely banned: http://www.amazon.com/America-Deceived-III-E-Blay…
Israel is a SOCIALIST, FOREIGN, country and America doesn't owe it ANYTHING. The voters are sick and tired and fed up to their eyeballs with the interminable problems created for us by the never-ending, festering sore on our body politics known as Israel. Zionist Israeli atrocities, with the support of at least 75% of the Israeli population, occur pretty well daily and are reported in rich detail for anyone but an apathetic Yank to see.
In “Democratic” Israel there are fifty laws that discriminate against non Jewish citizens, That would be you, GOYIM/GENTILE/SHIKSA. Any American politician who puts Israel's interests ahead of America's is a TRAITOR. If Israel does not like what we did Israel can quit cashing those GOYIM/GENTILE/SHIKSA CHARITY CHECKS. Refuse America's WELFARE if you are mad at us.
Americans are only allowed a few years on welfare . Israel has been a WELFARE QUEEN for over SIXTY YEARS. Americans have to prove they have no "assets" to get welfare. Israel has over SEVENTY BILLION DOLLARS in savings, but STILL collects American CHARITY CHECKS. Americans just got their FOOD STAMPS cut, Israel got an INCREASE while Americans go hungry.
Israel has a population of approximately 7.7 million, or a million fewer than the state of New Jersey. It is among the world's most AFFLUENT nations, with a per capita income similar to that of the European Union.[1] Israel's unemployment rate of 6.8% is better than America's 7.3%,[2] and Israel's net trade, earnings, and payments is ranked 30th in the world while the US sits at a dismal 193rd.[3] http://ifamericansknew.org
Since the beginning of 2015– Israel's state coffers are overflowing with a tax SURPLUS totaling 3.6 billion. Go here to read their BRAGGING about how RICH they are: http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutIsrael/Economy/Pages/E…
YOUR taxes go to Israel who is ranked sixth on a list of nations whose citizens held the largest amounts of funds in secret offshore Swiss bank accounts belonging to HSBC, with Israelis holding a total of 10 billion dollars in combined accounts. 9,769 bank accounts belonged to Israelis, and 6,554 clients had connections to Israel.
The government is cutting VETERAN'S aid …… while increasing israel's ….. that is TREASON.
MEANWHILE AMERICAN CHILDREN go to bed HUNGRY & SICK while the money that SHOULD be buying them food pays for Universal Healthcare for Israel, while Israel ROLLS in CASH.