Don't say Saudi-Arabia,
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Why not Saudi-Arabia, you should invade them, after all Palestinians get most of their money from Saudi Arabia, hey ronenjeru convince your politicians in Israel to attack Saudi-Arabia and Palestinians wont have money for guns and firepower, food etc. I mean why not get to the funding structure? We will keep sending you the billions of dollars we send you every year. As I see it the U.S should drop nukes on Israel and Palestinians that solves the problem.
Since I don't recall saying a damn thing to you.. You must be including yourself into the "Jackass" group I mentioned in my last post. Name calling is such an intelligent form of debate... Your mother must be very proud of you!!!!
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WASHINGTON (January 27) - Saudi Arabia threatened to boycott last week's International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan in Tokyo if a delegation from Israel attended, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Saudi Arabia, which co-chaired the event with the US, European Union, and Spain, pledged $220 million for reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, one of the largest single-country contributions made at the conference, which raised $4.5 billion.
Diplomatic sources in Washington said the US had assured Israel it would be invited and that the US would back any decision Israel made about what type of delegation to send. Expecting an invitation, Israel decided to send its ambassador in Tokyo, Yitzhak Lior.
After the Saudis voiced their strong objections, Japan withheld an invitation and neither the White House nor the State Department intervened to ensure that Israel would receive one. One well-placed source in Washington said the US told Israel it could request an invitation from the Japanese, but that it would be relieved if it did not.
A White House official said in response that the US did not ask Israel to withhold a representative in response to Saudi pressure. The official declined to elaborate on what transpired regarding the invitation. A State Department spokesman for the Near Eastern Affairs Bureau declined comment.
"The Americans said they would support any decision we took," an Israeli diplomat in Washington said. "They promised us their full support. The Saudis blackballed us. They said, 'If you want our help, keep Israel out.' While they try to project a moderate image, they refuse to sit with Israel even in the framework of a multilateral forum."
A spokesman for the Saudi Embassy in Washington did not return a phone call from The Jerusalem Post. A spokesman for the Japanese Embassy in Washington referred questions to the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, where officials could not be reached for comment.
Another Israeli diplomat said Israel was disappointed that it was not invited and that the US had not tried to help as promised. But he said Israel would explore low-profile ways of contributing to the Afghanistan reconstruction effort.
"The idea is to try to operate in Afghanistan quietly via the Americans, to build ties with the new Afghan leadership," the diplomat said.
An expert on Saudi Arabia said it is not surprising that Saudi Arabia, which is a vehement critic of Israel's policies toward the Palestinians, opposed Israel's attendance.
Fifty-eight nations plus the Afghanistan Interim Administration attended the conference, as well as 19 international organizations. Israel acknowledges that it could not make a significant monetary contribution, but says it has long exported its expertise in areas like agriculture and combating disease to other nations, including Muslim ones
Originally posted by ronenjeru of course you agree with Laborant, you're from Europe.
Is your clever wordplay on my lame nick supposed to mean "Labor Ant" or "Labor Rant" or "La Borant" (which means man with penis that looks like a babys arm holding an apple in French).
FACTS ABOUT ISRAEL (World condemned "racist state")
Did you know that non-Jewish Israelis cannot buy or lease land in Israel?
Did you know that Palestinian license plates in Israel are color coded to distinguish Jews from non-Jews?
Did you know that Jerusalem, both East and West, is considered by the entire world community, including the United States, to be occupied territory and NOT part of Israel?
Did you know that Israel allots 85% of the water resources for Jews and the remaining 15% is divided among all Palestinians in the territories? For example in Hebron, 85% of the water is given to about 400 settlers, while 15% must be divided among Hebron''s 120,000 Palestinians?
Did you know the United States awards Israel $5 billion in aid each year?
Did you know that yearly US aid to Israel exceeds the aid the US grants to the whole African continent?
Did you know that Israel is the only country in the Middle East that has nuclear weapons?
Did you know that Israel is the only country in the Middle East that refuses to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and bars international inspections from its sites?
Did you know that Israel currently occupies territories of two sovereign nations (Lebanon and Syria) in defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions?
Did you know that Israel has for decades routinely sent assassins into other countries to kill its political enemies? Did you know that high-ranking military officers in the Israeli Defense Forces have admitted publicly that unarmed prisoners of war were executed
by the IDF?
Did you know that Israel refuses to prosecute its soldiers who have acknowledged executing prisoners of war?
Did you know that Israel routinely confiscates bank accounts, businesses, and land and refuses to pay compensation to those who suffer the confiscation?
Did you know that Israel blew up an American diplomatic facility in Egypt and attacked a U. S. ship in international waters, killing 33 and wounding 177 American sailors?
Did you know that the second most powerful lobby in the United States, according to a recent Fortune magazine survey of Washington insiders, is the Israeli AIPAC?
Did you know that Israel stands in defiance of 69 United Nations Security Council Resolutions?
Did you know that today''s Israel sits on the former sites of more than 400 now-vanished Palestinian villages, and that the Israelis re-named almost every physical site in the country to cover up the traces?
Did you know that it was not until 1988 that Israelis were barred from running "Jews Only" job ads?
Did you know that four prime ministers of Israel (Begin, Shamir, Rabin, and Sharon) have taken part in either bomb attacks on civilians, massacres of civilians, or forced expulsions of civilians from their villages?
Did you know that the Israeli Foreign Ministry pays two American public relations firms to promote Israel to Americans?
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