US signals shift in ties with Israel

[Turborama]

Run time: 02:51 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfumokTOtDs   Posted on YouTube: May 18, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: May 18, 2009 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 1076

 
For decades, the United States has stood up for Israel, vetoing UN resolutions against it and sending billions of dollars in aid.

But as Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's new prime minister, begins his visit to Washington, there are signs that the US alliance with Israel may be changing.

Al Jazeera's Nick Spicer reports.

[blackdogga]

1. Uh Oh!

Let's hope they don't get mad and Knocck down more buildings.

[Wednesdays]

3. Um...please explain?

:shrug:

I have no idea what you're talking about.

On edit: While you're at it, links would be helpful, too.

[blackdogga]

6. Here you Go...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWpWc_suPWo

[lib2DaBone]

8. You forgot to mention the ...."Dancing Israelis"....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRfhUezbKLw

Maybe Israel should start giving the United States Billions of dollars a year. We sure could use it.

[SlingBlade]

2. Bout Time !

[Oerdin]

4. I will never understand.

How people who are smart enough to know that Fox News is so biased, and make no mistake it is, but resolutely refuse to see the bias in Al Jazeera. They're two sides of the same coin so let's be honest and not post links to either.

[Turborama]

5. Taking your suggestion to its (il)logical conclusion, no-one should post MSNBC links here either.

Al Jazeera English is a completely different channel from the Arabic version.

Please have a look at their website and tell me what you see that is so 'biased': http://english.aljazeera.net/

The root cause of this misunderstanding in the US about Al Jazeera English can be laid squarely at Bush/Rumsfeld's door: http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15691

If you watched Al Jazeera English you would understand. For an example of the kind of short documentary series they broadcast, right now there is a program called "Fault Lines" being broadcast which can been seen using the link in my sig line, or here:

Despair & revival in Detroit

As the US auto-industry continues to teeter on the verge of collapse, Fault Lines visits Detroit - Motor City - which, understandably, is one of the hardest hit places by the downturn.

But this is not the first time the Michigan city has faced hardship.

Even before the financial crisis exploded, Detroit had the highest home foreclosure rate in the country.

It also has highest unemployment rate of any major US city and in the auto sector alone, one in three jobs has vanished since the recession began.

In Washington, president Barack Obama's auto task force is re-engineering the fates of General Motors and Chrysler, and the millions of people who depend on their survival.

Avi Lewis meets the people who live with the consequences of the deals struck in the nation's capital.

This episode of Fault Lines can be seen from Thursday, May 14, at the following times GMT: Thursday: 0600, 1630; Friday: 0130, 0830; Saturday: 1130, 2230; Sunday: 0630, 2030; Monday: 1430; Tuesday: 1230, 1930; Wednesday: 0300.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ7VL907Qb0

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCo63ntCxNA



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[Hulk]

7. The first real opportunity since Jimmy Carter....

...for a settlement in the ME. Hey.....will there be problems to continue?...you bet! There will ALWAYS be problems. But a state for Palestine would at least lessen the hatred and vengence that the Arab World feels toward Israel, the ME bullyboy and fascist state.