Quote Originally Posted by danceyogamom
that's because it gets them votes ... how big is the palestinian sympathetic vote in the us?
Very true there is a huge Israeli Lobby here...


So much for the "cease fire" though : http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/538438.html

The good news is that the guy who replaced Arafat (Abbas) fired his top security commanders for not being on the ball. Arafat would have never done that.