Hamas leaders split on cease-fire

Did it ever occur to our political elites that many Americans are increasingly sick of paying more taxes and having an larger target painted on their backs because of US support of Israel? Also, being a conservative myself, I cannot see how Israel deserves billions of dollars in aid from the tax payers, though of course private citizens should be able to do as they wish with their money. What do we get out of it, why do they deserve unconditional blind support? Israel is not a liberal democracy, but rather a religious apartheid. There is democracy for Jews, but what about the indigenous Palestinians whom Israel controls militarily and economically? A number of whom are Christian too. It would be great if everyone had a political voice, but then it would no longer be a Jewish state, it might be a mixed Jewish, Muslim, and Christian state. Also the other countries in the Middle East are not Nazis and their anger towards Israel has nothing to do with them being Jewish or their right to practice their religion. It is rather simply a territorial dispute, and the reaction would be the same if the Chinese decided to cleanse and occupy the land between the Mediterranean and river Jordan in the late 1940s. As for the Orwellian titled "moderate" Arab countries (namely Egypt and Jordan, though Saudi gets lumped in there too, don't ask me why anyone would label Saudi Moderate) they are a dictatorship and monarchy that are purely dependent upon US financial and military aid. Mubarak and Abdullah must fear the day the US will be too broke to finance their tyrannies, which is probably not far off.

Rabbi Speaks Out Against Zionism on FoxNews?! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RjnvQHWyLE

to comrade ttj1775...your right! Israel is not liberal democracy! thats why their government hasn't failed! the Palestinians are not indigenous! they have been centered in Jordan for many many years. and yes the other countries in the middle east ARE Nazi's! Saddam Husein's great uncle (the grand mufda) went to Germany in the late 1930's and requested and was granted troop training under the direction of HIMMLER! and to this day-the arab countries of the middle east use this model for their troops! not only are you NOT a conservative but have proved you are, in fact, a thinly disguised anti-semitic liberal. nice try though.

The people of Gaza elected Hamas to govern them. Now they must live (or maybe not) with Hamas' policies. IMHO, Gaza's dead and wounded civilians are more the victims of Hamas than of Israel. Now it appears the Hamas leadership in Damascus will cheerfully fight to the last Gazan.

ttj1775, if you are not a muslim, you have a target on your back.