[Peace-discussion] did gpax or the gpus media respond to the outrage: "unprecedented 30 billion US taxpayer aid to israel"

[Dee Taylor]

Hi Henry:

We had this as an agenda item on our last conference call with you as =20
the point person, but you did not come on the call.

Would you want to take on putting out some talking points for a press =20
release to send to the media committee for us to forward to them?

Deanna
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Deanna "Dee" Taylor, Co-Chair
Green Party of the United States Peace Action Committee (GPAX)
www.gp.org/committees/peace/
deesings@xmission.com
801-631-2998

Quoting henry duke <henryduke2004@yahoo.com>:

> Is there any accountability? The sixth year anniversary of US occupation o=
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> Afghanistan is coming up.
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> Shouldn't we respond?
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> The dems and republicans talk a lot about iraq but this years official
> budget report about the so called global war on terror showed that the
> increase in US funding to Afghanistan was 3 fold higher than the increase =
to
> Iraq.
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> And what the hay with 30 billion to Israel????
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> Let us move into a more accountable national green party peace action
> committee, because not talking about Israel or Afghanistan is not gonna
> allow any solution in Iraq.
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> Peace,
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> hd
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> Israel, United States sign unprecedented $30 billion, 10-year military aid
> deal
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> By: ARON HELLER - Associated Press
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> JERUSALEM -- The United States offered Israel on Thursday an unprecedented
> $30 billion military aid package, bolstering its closest Mideast ally.
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> The aid deal represents a 25 percent rise in U.S. military aid to Israel,
> from a current $2.4 billion each year to $3 billion a year over 10 years.
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> Nicholas Burns, the U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, an=
d
> Israeli Foreign Minister Director-General Aharon Abramovitz signed the
> memorandum of understanding on the assistance at a ceremony in Jerusalem.
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> The package was meant in part to offset U.S. plans to offer Saudi Arabia
> advanced weapons and air systems that would greatly improve the Arab
> country's air force. Israel has said it has no opposition to the U.S. aid =
to
> Saudi Arabia.
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> Burns said regional threats to Israel -- Iran and the Hezbollah and Hamas
> militant groups -- also threaten the United States.
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> "We look at this region and we see that a secure and strong Israel is in t=
he
> interest of the United States," Burns said.
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> The chief of Israel's central bank, Stanley Fischer, said the U.S. aid is =
of
> "critical importance" to Israel, whose defense budget constitutes about 10
> percent of its Gross Domestic Product.
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> The aid package to Israel was finalized in June in Washington between
> President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Olmert has said the
> increase in military aid to Israel would guarantee its strategic
> superiority, despite upgrades to Arab countries in the region.
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> The U.S. has long-standing commitments to Israel and to Egypt, which in 19=
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> became the first Arab state to make peace with Israel. Egypt currently get=
s
> $1.3 billion a year in military assistance. At the same time, the U.S. is
> seeking to strengthen other moderate Mideast allies, largely as a
> counterweight to Iran's growing influence.
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> The United States and Israel accuse Iran of developing nuclear bombs, a
> charge Tehran denies. Iran, whose leader has repeatedly called for Israel =
to
> be to wiped off the map, is viewed by Israel as its main enemy. Shiite
> Muslim Iran also concerns the Saudis and other Sunni-led Arab allies of th=
e
> United States.
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> The Bush administration must still receive congressional approval for the
> aide deals, but Burns said he believed there would be little opposition in
> the Senate and House
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