WHY IS ISRAEL SPYING ON US?
5/8/2014 09:17 PM
It
has recently come to the attention of the United States that Israel, our ally,
has been ramping up its spy efforts in our country. According to Newsweek,
“Israel’s aggressive and widespread espionage activity in the US is increasingly
angering American government officials and has “crossed red lines.”
Why
would one of our closest allies resort to spying so heavily on us? In case the
officials at the White House haven’t figured it out yet, here are some possible
explanations.
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Israel
and America have been allies since President Harry Truman announced that America
recognized them as a nation in 1948. We were still close allies during the 1967
war when many of the nations that surrounded Israel attempted to annihilate
them, where instead Israel gained territory including Jerusalem. We had since
continued our alliance with Israel under the Bush Administration, and stood with
them when Iran and other surrounding nations called for the annihilation of all
the Jews.
America
gives Foreign Aide to Israel, and Israel gives us their superior intelligence
findings that have resulted in foiled terrorist attacks against Americans and
billions of dollars in savings on intelligence and technology. Some of the
contributions Israel has made to America:
• The
Israelis defeated an Arab/Soviet attack in 1967. If not for Israel, the
offensive would have collapsed the pro-American Arab leadership and America’s
oil supply would have been threatened which would have strained the US economy.
They also gave the U.S. an extensive amount of military information from Soviet
military equipment. This saved America potentially billions of dollars and gave
them a competitive advantage during the Cold War.
• Gen.
George F. Keegan, former head of US Airforce intelligence was quoted in Between
Washington and Jerusalem, a book by Wolf Blitzer, “Of Israeli assistance in
discovering Soviet Air Force capabilities, new weapons, electronics and jamming
devices. ‘’I could not have procured the intelligence . . . with five
CIAs…’”
• In
2001, late Senator Daniel Inouye, Chairman of the Appropriations Committee said
of Israel, “The scope of intelligence received by the US, from Israel, exceeds
the scope of intelligence received from all NATO countries combined.”
The
United States and Israeli alliance was fruitful, until President Obama came into
office. One of Israel’s encounters with President Obama was their Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu being snubbed. In the fall of 2012, President Obama ditched
PM Netanyahu because the president purportedly didn’t have time to meet with
him, instead opting to attend a Jay-Z fundraiser and go on the David Letterman
show. Since Obama sat in the church of Reverend Wright for twenty years, who is
a widely known anti-Semite, it’s not a stretch to assume it was in fact a
snub.
In
a new resurgence of anti-Semitism and a Nation of Jewish people surrounded by
those anti-Semites and Holocaust deniers, Obama called on Israel to return to
their pre-1967 borders. Doing so would leave them virtually defenseless. Obama
also supported the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, an organization that supports
terrorist efforts to annihilate Israel.
Last
week our own Secretary of State, John Kerry insulted the Nation of Israel by
claiming they could become an apartheid state because of its alleged actions
against the Palestinians. He has since backed off his statements, but the damage
has already been done. However, because the US is also alleging Israel is
engaging in Arab American discrimination, they will not allow them to
participate in the visa waiver program, a program that allows people from select
approved countries to travel with ease in the United States for a particular
time and function. Even though it’s the Jewish students that are being grossly
discriminated against at American Universities across the country.
It’s
clear to even the average citizen that the Obama Administration has given cause
for concern with the Nation of Israel. Israel is faced with the reality that its
largest ally has all but turned its back on them. Coupled with the fact that
they are surrounded by nations that want to annihilate their whole existence and
their survival is increasingly coming down to their sole ability to protect
themselves, Israel will do whatever necessary to preserve their Nation.
If
Israeli intelligence is spying in our country, their reasoning for doing so lies
squarely with the current administrations lack of clarity in its commitment to
protect and support the Nation of Israel. It’s kind of ironic really. The United
States, the biggest offender of spying on other countries through the NSA and
other measures is calling the kettle black.
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