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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 12:00 AM

The Israel rules

America's support of the Gaza attack proves once again that our mythical image of Israel has blinded us to its faults -- a myopia with devastating consequences for both countries.

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  • Tuesday, January 6, 2009 10:00 AM

    To the Amy MD person

    Fine - let Israel continue to punish the Palestinians disportionately and let them continue to grab land on the West Bank, and not contemplate making a true place for Palestinians that is something more than a large concentration camp where they can be starved and mistreated at will. Because, after all, European-Americans are not giving back the land we took from the Indians. Ok, fair enough. But, I see no reason why any of my taxes should go to actively helping the Israelis maintain their dominance. If they are truly a superior society, they can do that on their own without our bombs, our war machines or our money. How's that? Explain to me how that would be hypocritical.

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