One of the documents, which includes comments in Netanyahu's handwriting, provides a peek into his fundraising industry in the United States. The then-opposition leader erased from the list people he believed would not give him money for the Likud primary elections. He divided the others into four categories according to whether contacting them is "worth the effort."
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I think it's revealing that Netanyahu writes private notes for himself in English. I would think that since he is the Prime Minister of Israel he would naturally write these kinds of notes in Hebrew. That combined with the nature of the list-American millionaires who are invested in Israel reinforces the impression I have-that Israel is more of a colonial project by foreigners(probably looking for some meaning in their lives)than a regular country.
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ReplyDeleteOil prices skyrocketed, and without making a judgment about who was right or wrong in the Yom Kippur War, it's important to point out that it only took about two months from the start of the embargo for Nixon and Kissinger to go from bluster and escalation to almost-total surrender. On January 18, 1974, Kissinger negotiated an Israeli withdrawal from parts of the Sinai. By May, Israel agreed to withdraw from the Golan Heights.
Joe..A colonial project indeed. I found it funny when I discovered last week that the governor of the Bank of Israel is a fellow called Stanley Fischer..This kind of stuff makes one think..
ReplyDeleteYes Pitirre..The weapon that the oil Arabs are reluctant to use..but then again, they know that this time the minute they try to use it their reign comes to an end..The US has them firmly under control..
ReplyDelete<span>Joe..A colonial project indeed. I found it funny when I discovered last week that the governor of the Bank of Israel is a fellow called Stanley Fischer..This kind of stuff makes one think..He could at least Hewbrocise his name in order to "sound" Middle Eastern!!
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<span><span>Joe..A colonial project indeed. I found it funny when I discovered last week that the governor of the Bank of Israel is a fellow called Stanley Fischer..This kind of stuff makes one think..He could at least Hebrewcise (or is it Israelcise?) his name in order to "sound" Middle Eastern!!
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It is USreal. The U.S. finances Israeli elections and Israelis finance American elections. They should just consolidate their armies and they could get a better deal (economy of scale) on uniforms.
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