Shimon Peres in Russia

Published on May 11, 2010 By Leauki In War on Terror

President Shimon Peres took a jab Monday at European states that recently criticized Israel, saying that unlike their conduct in World War II, Israel has never asked that American soldiers fight on its behalf.

The president stressed that no other country shares a similar history with Israel, which has been forced to go to war seven times in its 62-year history.

"Some people in the West criticize Israel. Yet when many of them fought, they asked for America's help," he said.

Peres emphasized that while Israel shares a friendship with the United States, it has never asked American mothers to send their children to fight for Israel or alongside the Jewish State.

"We fought on our own, and we won on our own" he said.

http://www.israellycool.com/2010/05/11/the-day-in-israel-tuesday-may-11th-2010/

Israellycool commenter Michael Zvi Krumbein adds:

Actually, it's interesting. America has gone to war to protect Christians, Muslims, and even Bhuddists. Just about the only religious group that America has not, and will not go to war for, are Jews. We're lucky when we are allowed to keep our victory when God saves us from being wiped out.

Comments (Page 5)

Leauki

on May 19, 2010

What started it all. Clearly someone does not like the fact that the US has only been an ally of Israel since its existence as a nation. Again, my statement stands.

My comment was about how Shimon Peres was right with regards to foreign support for Israel.

The US have been a military ally of Israel since the late 1960s. Diplomatic support started before independence (the US voted for the partition).

The United Kingdom performed a strange trick during the time when after first creating the territory as a Jewish homeland they ultimately decided to side with their ally Transjordan. (The Arab armies that invaded were trained, armed, and led by the British.)

This conflict saw many strange alliances:

1. The UK, the Arabs under the Hashemites and the Jewish community vs the Ottoman Empire/Turkey

2. The UK vs nationalist Arabs vs Zionists

3. The UK and Zionists vs Nazi Germany and nationalist Arabs

4. The Soviet-Union and Israel vs nationalist Arabs, Hashemites, and the UK

5. Israel, France and UK vs nationalist Arabs (who had US diplomatic support)

6. Israel (with UK diplomatic support) vs nationalist Arabs and Transjordan

7. And finally the current situation: Israel and US vs whoever wants to join

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