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| No more US 'blank checks' for Israel - Indyk | |
| 2008-12-08 | |
Israel can no longer expect "blank checks" from Washington once President-elect Barack Obama's administration takes over in January, a former US ambassador to the Jewish state said on Sunday. "The era of the blank check is over," said Martin Indyk, director of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 That "blank check" was for years a loan, that was dutifully repaid by Israel every year. Otherwise, about the only things "given" to Israel were intangibles, such as the right to buy specialized US weaponry, and intelligence information about those that menaced Israel. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-12-08 08:48 |
| #2 He meant USA is EU country now. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-12-08 08:29 |
| #1 WTF is he talking about? The blank check that permitted Israel to return to the Litani line, and keep it, in summer '06? Or the re-occupation of Gaza? Or the dismantling of the sham of the PA in the west bank? Just wondering which blank check he's referring to. |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2008-12-08 02:58 |