Israel to ask U.S. for $20billion extra in military aid because of Middle East turmoil - Polidicks

[quote=DailyMail] Israel are expected to ask for an additional $20billion in U.S. military aid in order to help the country deal with potential threats arising from the ongoing uprisings in the Middle East. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal defence minister Ehud Barak was reported as saying his country are considering making the request while the Arab world survey the wreckage of the 'historic earthquake'. Barak said Israel was worried that its top foes, Iran and Syria 'might be the last to feel the heat' of the revolts and that Egypt's new leaders might, under public pressure, back away from its 1979 peace treaty with Israel. 'The issue of qualitative military aid for Israel becomes more essential for us, and I believe also more essential for you,' the U.S. newspaper quoted Barak as saying. He continued: 'A strong, responsible Israel can become a stabiliser in such a turbulent region.' Without making a 'daring' peace offer, however, Israel cannot seek additional aid, Barak was quoted as saying. Israel already receives $3billion in military aid a year from the U.S., but any increase in aid could hinge on the country's relationship with enemies Palestine. It is perhaps little surprise, then, that Barak also said that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to offer Palestinians a state within temporary borders, detailing for the first time an emerging Israeli plan for breaking the deadlocked peace negotiations. Though the Palestinians repeatedly have rejected provisional statehood, Barak said that Israel or the U.S. would have to give assurances that a full-fledged agreement on permanent statehood would follow. Only afterwards, would the two sides would resolve key issues of the conflict, such as competing claims to Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees, Barak added. No details of the plan were given, however, but with popular protests shaking up the Middle East, Netanyahu is under fierce international pressure to prove he is serious about getting peacemaking moving again, especially after the U.S. vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israel's West Bank settlement construction last month. The prime minister is said to be planning a speech - possibly to be delivered in Washington - in which he will outline his plans. It is not clear that the U.S. would support the idea of an interim accord, given the Palestinians' categorical rejection of the notion. A temporary state would not only give the Palestinians less territory than they demand, but Israel would also retain military control of the area. The Palestinians are also afraid that it they agree to temporary borders, then they will never win a full-fledged, independent state in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza Strip. Israel captured all three areas in 1967, then withdrew from Gaza in 2005. Hamas militants overran the territory two years later. 'If and when Israel offers its own thoughts on how to move the process forward, we will be listening attentively,' White House spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters in Washington yesterday. 'We do not know what the prime minister and his government are thinking at the present time.' U.S.-led peace talks, launched six months ago with the ambitious goal of striking a final deal by September 2011, broke down shortly after they began over Israeli construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. The Palestinians demanded a freeze in both areas, but Israel refused, arguing that previous rounds of talks took place while settlement construction was under way and that the issue should be settled in negotiations. [/quote] Read more: [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1364177/Israel-ask-U-S-20billion-extra-military-aid-Middle-East-turmoil.html#ixzz1G6vwUbLY[/url]

Well, shit. We don't exactly have the money to give, now do we?

$20 billion? We're already giving them way more then enough and have financial problems of our own to deal with and they have the nerve to ask for 20 more billion dollars? What a waste of tax payer money. [editline]9th March 2011[/editline] Fucking leeches

[quote=Daily Mail]Israel are expected[/quote] Move along

Gross Human Rights violations notwithstanding, how about [B][I]no [/I][/B]Israel. :colbert:

So, they need money to supress the protests?

20 billion? The fuck. You greedy bastards.

Better reject them, I'm tired of this bullshit.

It's ok, just borrow more money from China!

It's because I'm getting drafted, you know it's true.

Don't they have nukes? What more do you need than that? [editline]9th March 2011[/editline] then again this is DAILY MAIL so fuck this thread

Yeah I wouldn't trust the Daily Mail on something like this, if it's true then it's crazy.

[QUOTE=Lambeth;28508491]Don't they have nukes? What more do you need than that? [editline]9th March 2011[/editline] then again this is DAILY MAIL so fuck this thread[/QUOTE] Nuclear weapons are not used for warfare contrary to popular belief.

[QUOTE=Starpluck;28507616]$20 billion? [B]We're[/B] already giving them way more then enough and have financial problems of our own to deal with and they have the nerve to ask for 20 more billion dollars? What a waste of tax payer money. [/QUOTE] I thought you were from Bahrain?

[QUOTE=Timebomb575;28508579]I thought you were from Bahrain?[/QUOTE] I currently reside in Bahrain. [editline]9th March 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Docc;28508556]Yeah I wouldn't trust the Daily Mail on something like this, if it's true then it's crazy.[/QUOTE]It appears to be on Haaretz, Ynet and Jerusalem Post as well. (Haaretz would be the more credible one)

Not going to get it.

[QUOTE=Glorbo;28508632]Not going to get it.[/QUOTE] Sorry, but Israel's cock it too far up America's ass. So yes they will probably end up getting it.

[QUOTE=Melnek;28508710]Sorry, but Israel's cock it too far up America's ass. So yes they will probably end up getting it.[/QUOTE] Still doubt it.

[b]:siren:The Daily Mail is not a viable source:siren:[/b] Just stating the obvious

[QUOTE=Melnek;28508710]Sorry, but Israel's cock it too far up America's ass. So yes they will probably end up getting it.[/QUOTE] Is that what they're calling alliances these days?

[QUOTE=leach139;28508747][b]:siren:The Daily Mail is not a viable source:siren:[/b] Just stating the obvious[/QUOTE] Well they should stop making news that's so easy to believe, it's getting confusing now

[QUOTE=leach139;28508747][b]:siren:The Daily Mail is not a viable source:siren:[/b] Just stating the obvious[/QUOTE][url]http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/israel-may-ask-u-s-for-20-billion-more-in-security-aid-barak-says-1.347866[/url] [url]http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=211231[/url] Theses are

[QUOTE=Melnek;28508575]Nuclear weapons are not used for warfare contrary to popular belief.[/QUOTE] A nuclear weapon is more of a political weapon that guarantees your safety from a nuclear holocaust.

[QUOTE=Coffee;28509032]A nuclear weapon is more of a political weapon that guarantees your safety from a nuclear holocaust.[/QUOTE] Or rather, guarantees the enemy's nuclear holocaust in case your safety is breached, a nuke can't protect your safety, really.

Sorry Israel, but US is pretty shitty right now. We can't exactly be throwing around 20 billion dollars like it's nothin'. That's what got us into this big debt/budget deficit problem we have.

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It's cheaper for the US to go to Libya, Egypt and other countries where shit is going down and fuck everything over

Crybaby

Fuck you, Israel. Fuck. You. With a barbed, rusty metal dildo.

[QUOTE=Melnek;28508575]Nuclear weapons are not used for warfare contrary to popular belief.[/QUOTE] Well of course not but if israel has nukes nobody is going to attack it [editline]9th March 2011[/editline] Speak softly and carry a big stick