Clinton rebukes Israel over East Jerusalem plans, cites damage to bilateral ties.

[elleng]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/12/AR2010031202615.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR

[PDJane]

1. Good.

Sanctions would be even better.

[Lil Missy]

2. Bomb the new housing in question and rebuid it for Palestine. Enough of Israel's crap.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. It hasn't been built.

[NJmaverick]

4. K&R

[classysassy]

5. Do we have the right to tell the Israelis what they should do?

If the Israelis were to tell us we should get out of Iraq what would our response be?

[elleng]

6. Its a free country!

We can TELL them anything, and have been doing so, one way or another.

We would tell them, thanks, we'll take your suggestion under consideration.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Since 1985, the United States has provided nearly $3 billion in grants

annually to Israel.

If they don't want to listen to us, they can return the money.

This report provides an overview of U.S. foreign assistance to Israel. It includes a review of past
aid programs, data on annual assistance, and an analysis of current issues. The report will be
updated annually to reflect developments over the previous year. For general information on
Israel, see CRS Report RL33476, Israel: Background and Relations with the United States, by
Carol Migdalovitz. For information on overall U.S. assistance to the Middle East, see CRS Report
RL32260, U.S. Foreign Assistance to the Middle East: Historical Background, Recent Trends,
and the FY2010 Request, by Jeremy M. Sharp.
Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II. From
1976-2004, Israel was the largest annual recipient of U.S. foreign assistance, having been
supplanted by Iraq. Since 1985, the United States has provided nearly $3 billion in grants
annually to Israel.
Almost all U.S. bilateral aid to Israel is in the form of military assistance. In the past, Israel also
had received significant economic assistance. Strong congressional support for Israel has resulted
in Israel’s receiving benefits not available to other countries. For example, Israel can use some
U.S. military assistance both for research and development in the United States and for military
purchases from Israeli manufacturers. In addition, all U.S. foreign assistance earmarked for Israel
is delivered in the first 30 days of the fiscal year. Most other recipients normally receive aid in
installments. Congress also appropriates funds for joint U.S.-Israeli missile defense programs.
In August 2007, the Bush Administration announced that it would increase U.S. military
assistance to Israel by $6 billion over the next decade. The agreement calls for incremental annual
increases in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) to Israel, reaching $3 billion a year by FY2012.
For FY2010, the Obama Administration requested $2.775 billion in FMF to Israel. ...

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf

And if they told us to get out of Irag we'd say "Yeah, everone says that:shrug:."