VERY few countries in the world can be as powerful as the State of Israel. The Jewish state in the Middle East boasts arguably the most sophisticated military and economy. Surrounded by hordes of Islamic states in the region, Israel uses religion as its magic wand to ward off any antagonism.
To criticise Israel is regarded as tantamount to being anti-Semitic. The charge is almost in the same level as treason, if not above. It implies that to condemn Israel is to condone Hitler’s diabolic systematic annihilation of Jews.
But the power of Israel not only emanates from the country’s uppermost economic and military development. It is premised on its very source – the US – the world’s only remaining superpower since the end of the Cold War at the turn of the 1990’s.
Washington not only arms Israel to the teeth. From one US administration after the other – Democrats or Republicans – the country’s foreign policy on Israel remain consistent and unwavering…..more
