Former Israeli Consul-General to New York Asaf Zamir who was dismissed from his position last week called Israel a “US protectorate” in an interview on Channel 12 News on Motzei Shabbos.
“The most important thing for me to say is…we’re losing the US – and we’re a protectorate of the US and in many ways, we’re trapped in this relationship,” Zamir said.
Zamir was slammed for his comments on social media and later “clarified” his remark on Twitter.
“An unsuccessful statement. Israel is not a ‘protectorate’ of the US, but Israel exists, grows stronger, and prospers thanks to its patronage and support – in UN vetoes, grants, securities, weapons, in a strong Jewish community and endless ways.”
“The crisis with the United States and the breaking of the fundamentals of shared values is even more serious than some statement of the former consul.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Generally correct but very poorly stated. Its really a symbiotic relationship. Israel relies upon U.S. military, financial and political support while the US derives considerable strategic benefits from its close relationship with Israel.
He’s absolutely correct. Israel is, effectively, a protectorate of the U.S.
In any event, for the last 50 years it’s been pretty consistent: Republican Administrations offer full support for the State of Israel whereas Deborah l Democrat Administrations do not, as the Democrats try to placate the Palestinian Arab positions to varying degrees.
To ujm: Democratic administrations have been no less supportive of Israel than Republicans, and perhaps more so. Did you forget the “Robert Kennedy Jets”? The Democratic brokerage of the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel of 1979? The huge arms sales by the US to Israel during the Obama administration? Evidently, you did forget.
In part, you fail to understand that world affairs are more complicated than you can comprehend.
So he agrees with the hareidim that the Israeli army is not what is “saving” Israel (and thus there is no heter to be bitual Torah or bitul Shemiras Mitsvos) to serve in the IDF.
huju,
World affairs are complicated so that’s why you always insist “it is too easy to call Palestinian supporters anti-Semitic” and that scum like your squad heroines don’t hate Jews, right? Or maybe it’s because you’re just a woke mah yafis?
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Who would ever think Israel as the beggar to the US nothing doing wash your eyes real good the US is the beggar to Israel
he is an idiot and a Traitor
he got his position from the lefty government lapid-ganz now he has an opinion on the government who got elected by the voters
now the US government is very left with stupid Biden on top so they try to turn over the Israeli voters??
is that democracy????
besides for that the reform is to have a fare judge appointment like the US not a self lefty dictated appointed court so