Published Sunday, July 30, 2006 in Perspectives Section of the East Valley Tribune as “Israel not blameless: Actions are condoned in U.S. as self-defense, but the story goes much deeper.”
Imagine if the leader of Hezbollah or Hamas offered this statement: “Nothing is safe” in Israel. The reaction would be a unanimous condemnation of such hostile remarks, yet Israel’s military chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, said on July 13 “nothing is safe” in Lebanon, and we hear an endorsement.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 921 on July 20 by 410-8, with the unanimous support of Arizon