[lit-ideas] Re: Vanunu's Secret (edited)
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 19:14:00 +0100
I am reluctant to re-enter this thread but think I must.
Omar writes
(1) >>That Israel has been a US ally
since its inception is something of a current myth.<<
(2) >>When Israel proclaimed independence in 1948, it was
not certain of US recognition.<<
(3) >>When Israel, in alliance with Britain
and France, attacked Egypt in 1956, the US strongly
objected to the adventure and forced Israel to
withdraw.<<<
but what (1) and (2) show me is that the US has not always been an ally of
Israel; a different point. What (3) shows me is that the US, which told the
UK, Israel, and France to withdraw (forced us to, in effect, yes) is not an
unconditional ally of any of us. (And why should it be? But unfortunately,
there are those within the US who think we should be -- I am following
Sharon's current defiance with interest, albeit also with a certain concern.
Judy Evans
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Vanunu's Secret (edited)
Vow, my previous post really needs some editing for
grammar, style and spelling. Here it is again:
Andreas has already made most of the points that
needed to be made here. That Israel has been a US ally
since its inception is something of a current myth.
When Israel proclaimed independence in 1948, it was
not certain of US recognition. Moshe Sharret went to
President Truman and said that Israel would be
independent only within the borders stipulated by the
UN partition plan, whereupon Truman reluctantly agreed
to recognize it. When Israel, in alliance with Britain
and France, attacked Egypt in 1956, the US strongly
objected to the adventure and forced Israel to
withdraw. It was only after the Six-Day War in 1967
that the US political establishment started perceiving
Israel as a close ally. This was due in part to
Israel's perceived usefulness at keeping the Arab
countries low and counter-balancing the Soviet
influence in the region, but it also had a lot to do
with the influence of the Zionist lobby at home, hence
"irrational prejudice" in favor of Israel and against
the Arabs had a big part to play even then. The
usefulness of the alliance to the US, especially after
the Soviet Union has disappeared, is not extremely
obvious and it certainly lends itself to being
questioned, as Andreas has done.
O.K.
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