http://tcjewfolk.com/welcome-aipac-policy-conference/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=welcome-aipac-policy-conference Twin Cities Jewfolk: the hub for hip Jewish stuff in Minneapolis and St. Paul Tue, 22 May 2012 03:06:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://tcjewfolk.com/welcome-aipac-policy-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-3240 Yehoshua Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:32:18 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=7026#comment-3240 Am I cynical in thinking that Israel offering cell phone technology to the world means absolutely nothing to the billions of Anti-Semites surrounding Israel, including radical Islamists, and the left & right-wing European anti-Israel (Jewish) hordes? I know what Israel has to offer the world, because I work in the medical device industry and see Israel’s contribution daily, but I predict a tough road ahead. I’m also a realist so I know that the fact that Israel is a democracy means little, as if the scale of US support is based upon political systems, just ask Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and China. Self-interest, not morality binds nations, though I wish it were as simple. What keeps me up at night is not whether Israel will invent the next light bulb, but how it will escape being thrown to the fire by the nations. If we should again slide into a deeper economic depression and oil prices rise I can tell you Israel will be sacrificed on the alter of self-interest in a heartbeat. The question asked “What do we get out of this relationship?” is a legitimate one for America to be asking. Israel was a staunch anti-Soviet blockade to communist encroachment into the Middle East during the Cold War, and now arguably an anti-terror (whatever that means) block in the region, but as in all international relations, things can change instantly. I’m not providing the answer to exactly what Israel should or shouldn’t do in the near future, but the status quo isn’t the answer either. There needs to be some kind of final-status very soon. Someone needs to diffuse this ticking time bomb. Sorry to be so negative Leora but one can’t help but worry. I still have hope, but my head is not in the clouds. I believe there is a saying in the Talmud that goes something like this “Who is wise? The one who sees tomorrow today.” Am I cynical in thinking that Israel offering cell phone technology to the world means absolutely nothing to the billions of Anti-Semites surrounding Israel, including radical Islamists, and the left & right-wing European anti-Israel (Jewish) hordes? I know what Israel has to offer the world, because I work in the medical device industry and see Israel’s contribution daily, but I predict a tough road ahead. I’m also a realist so I know that the fact that Israel is a democracy means little, as if the scale of US support is based upon political systems, just ask Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and China. Self-interest, not morality binds nations, though I wish it were as simple. What keeps me up at night is not whether Israel will invent the next light bulb, but how it will escape being thrown to the fire by the nations. If we should again slide into a deeper economic depression and oil prices rise I can tell you Israel will be sacrificed on the alter of self-interest in a heartbeat. The question asked “What do we get out of this relationship?” is a legitimate one for America to be asking. Israel was a staunch anti-Soviet blockade to communist encroachment into the Middle East during the Cold War, and now arguably an anti-terror (whatever that means) block in the region, but as in all international relations, things can change instantly. I’m not providing the answer to exactly what Israel should or shouldn’t do in the near future, but the status quo isn’t the answer either. There needs to be some kind of final-status very soon. Someone needs to diffuse this ticking time bomb. Sorry to be so negative Leora but one can’t help but worry. I still have hope, but my head is not in the clouds. I believe there is a saying in the Talmud that goes something like this “Who is wise? The one who sees tomorrow today.”

]]> http://tcjewfolk.com/welcome-aipac-policy-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-3236 True Blue (and White) American Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:48:06 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=7026#comment-3236 Glad you are there. Someone to stand up against Saudi oil money and anti-Jewish bigotry. Glad you are there. Someone to stand up against Saudi oil money and anti-Jewish bigotry.

]]> http://tcjewfolk.com/welcome-aipac-policy-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-3231 Welcome to the AIPAC Policy Conference | TC Jewfolk | Israel Today Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:06:57 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=7026#comment-3231 [...] Go here to read the rest: Welcome to the AIPAC Policy Conference | TC Jewfolk [...] [...] Go here to read the rest: Welcome to the AIPAC Policy Conference | TC Jewfolk [...]

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