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We'll end up all alone here
Eitan Haber
Published: 22.09.13, 19:35
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61. Future is to the east
Daweed ,   Saana, Yemin   (09.23.13)
China and India are the future for Israel.
62. #57
Simon King ,   Sacremento, USA   (09.23.13)
It will always be our best interest to support Israel and don't try trading with China in the end they are going to attack you and everyone else. When they think they have the power to of course.
63. #61 - The eastern myth
spyguy ,   seattle USA   (09.24.13)
Very similar to most Americans it appears that many Israelis appear to have no clue about China and India. While China and India appear to be huge markets, they are, in fact, NOT because in both countries, they prefer to buy home-grown products (American companies have learned this the hard way). Also both countries are full of very smart engineers. In reality, Israel has nothing China or India want or need and they are certainly NOT going to protect Israel from its neighbors. The HARSH reality that Israelis can not seem to grasp is once the US walks away, Israel will indeed be very, very much alone and make no mistake, the US will walk away because all empires end.
64. But you are not self reliant
Ivor Evenbiggergun   (09.24.13)
F15's F16's and the F35 are not built in Israel, nor are they paid for with Israeli money
65. I stopped reading this because
Larry ,   Or Yehuda   (09.24.13)
once again, Haber shows that he has little knowledge of what is happening and is regurgitating what others of us have been saying for years. America did not support Israel from the word go not for years afterwards. The day before the declaration of independence when Palestine became Israel, the US tried to convince Israel not to declare independence. They already had an arms embargo on us while teh Arab nations were arming themselves to the teeth. Where was America in all the wars? When we started winning, they started whining.
66. Self reliance
Larry ,   Northridge, usa   (09.24.13)
The author is right. When all is said and done , Israel will be alone, and must stand ready to defend itself, as must any nation, if it hopes to survive. Luckily, Israel has shown the ability to defend itself, both in the development of military systems and technology, and in the ability to use their weapons. For those reasons, Israel will survive. By the way, the reason Israel buys jets from the U.S., is because the U.S. Gives them to Israel very cheaply, to keep Israel from developing their own and competing. Remember the Lavi? Being on ones own is not a bad thing. Being dependent on others for your survival is.
67. Trust God not America
Sams ,   Lagos   (09.24.13)
The relationship between the US and Israel is divine. You may either accept it or reject it but I have a proof. Ezekiel 37 v 16-20. Having said this, it will be totally disastrous for Israel to put its trust on the US. God is against you putting ur trust in another man. You have got to learn to trust God. He has brought you thus far, not America. Israel will never cease to be a nation Amos 9 v 15. What does that mean to you?
68. cooked with its sauce or
ledia   (09.24.13)
burn ed
69. Future is to the east
Daweed ,   Saana, Yemin   (09.24.13)
India and China are the future. It's time to unhitch from the U.S.A., the World Bank, etc., and do what Netanyahu USED to say about getting off the American dole.
70. # 22 Lance Another 'prophecy'
BUILD BABY BUILD !!! ,   United States   (09.25.13)
the day America goes against Israel is the last day of Americas blessings. It will be the beginning of America's end. I notice you live in America......
71. # 40 Michael can't we just store him in a casket
BUILD BABY BUILD !!! ,   United States   (09.25.13)
and let him out to feed at night?
72. Such Cowardice
A Really Simple Jew ,   Tel Aviv   (10.09.13)
Israel was founded by braver men and women than Haber. The US did not found Israel, Zionists with far more faith than Haber did. Haber confuses Obama with America. Obama will be gone soon, and American opinion supports us 4 to 1 over our enemies, and the Congress is 90 percent on our side. Regardless, Zionism is based on self-reliance. Just because the US is larger and stronger than Israel does not mean that subservience is the best strategy, as suggested by the left. If we stand up for ourselves, we will be all right. If we crumble, like Haber suggests we should, then we are lost.
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