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that "friends of Israel" is codeword for the hard-core, extreme right-wing Likud and other hyper-religious Israeli political figures and parties. This Netanyahu strain, with other elements such as Shas, Kahane, National Union, National Religious Party, and United Torah Judaism all agree on a few things:
1) there should be no two-state solution
2) there is no "West Bank" and "Gaza", only "Greater Israel"
3) that "Palestine is Jordan"
4) "Palestinians" do not exist. They are the Philistines referenced in the Torah and the mortal enemy of Israel
5) to solve the problem with the Palestinians, they should drive them out of "Greater Israel" and into Jordan. Problem solved.
These tenets are not hidden in the Israeli political dialogue. These are open policy platforms which these extreme factions have adopted. Yet you never hear the "friends of Israel" in the US use these terms or phrase questions such as "Mr. Obama, Do you think all Palestians should be moved to Jordan and the land known as the West Bank and Gaza transfered to Israel?" Yet this is their preferred solution.
