A2: Kerry--Israel/Palestine DA

Non-unique and link-turn: Peace is impossible BE A!"E o# !$"$ in%ol%ement$ &adar, C. '2/('/(). The Nation: Why Bankrolling Israel Prevents Peace in the Middle East.
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8erry is leading a +sh ,or a rene"ed ro+nd o, the eace rocess in the region that has 0een +nder"ay since the #id)$(%:s. It;s hardly a 0old rediction to s+ggest that t*is round+ too+ ,ill #ail$ The Israeli #inister o, de,ense, Moshe *a;alon, has already +0licly #ocked 8erry in his <+est ,or eace as o0sessive and #essianic and added that the ne"ly ro osed ,ra#e"ork ,or this ro+nd o, negotiations is not "orth the a er it;s rinted on. =ther Israeli high o,,icials 0lasted 8erry ,or his #ere #ention o, the otential negative conse<+ences to Israel o, a glo0al 0oycott i, eace is not achieved. B+t "hy sho+ldn;t *a;alon and other Israeli o,,icials tee o,, on the ha less 8erry> 9,ter all, the
))5ake Peace Process, 6eal War Process))Today, 3ecretary o, 3tate 7ohn inter#ina0le 9#erican)led de,ense #inister kno"s that Washington "ill "ield no stick and that 0+shels o, carrots are in the o,,ing, "hether Israel rolls 0ack or redo+0les its land sei1+res and coloni1ation e,,orts. President =0a#a has 0oasted that the 23 has never given so #+ch #ilitary aid to Israel as +nder his residency. =n 7an+ary '(, the ?o+se 5oreign 9,,airs Co##ittee voted +nani#o+sly to + grade Israel;s stat+s to #a@or strategic artner.

-it* on.ress and t*e president .uaranteein. t*at unprecedented le%els o# military aid ,ill continue to #lo,+ Israel *as no real incenti%e to c*an.e its be*a%ior$ 2s+ally s+ch di lo#atic i# asses are 0la#ed
on the Palestinians, 0+t given ho" little is le,t to s<+ee1e o+t o, the#, doing so this ti#e "ill test the creativity o, o,,icial Washington. Whatever ha ens, in the ost)#orte#s to co#e there "ill 0e no disc+ssion in Washington a0o+t the role its o"n olicies layed in +nder#ining a @+st and lasting agree#ent. ?o" #+ch longer "ill this silence last> The ar#ing and 0ankrolling o, a "ealthy nation co##itting ethnic cleansing has so#ething to o,,end conservatives, rogressives and @+st a0o+t every other olitical gro+ ing in 9#erica. 9,ter all, ho" o,ten in ,oreign olicy does strategic sel,)interest align so neatly "ith h+#an rights and co##on decency> Intelligent eo le can and do disagree a0o+t a one)state vers+s a t"o)state sol+tion ,or Israel and Palestine. Peo le o, good"ill disagree a0o+t the glo0al BA3 ca# aign. B+t it is *ard to

ima.ine ,*at kind o# pro.ress can e%er be made to,ard a /ust and lastin. settlement bet,een Israel and Palestine until -as*in.ton quits armin. one side to t*e teet*$0I# it ,eren1t #or !" support #or Israel+ t*is con#lict ,ould *a%e been resol%ed a lon. time a.o+2 says 7osh 6+e0ner. Will "e
9#ericans ever ackno"ledge o+r govern#ent;s active role in destroying the chances ,or a @+st and lasting eace 0et"een Palestine and Israel>

Non-unique: !$"$ #undin. o# Israel1s military and Palestine1s security #orces pre%ents peace$ &adar, C. '2/('/(). The Nation: Why Bankrolling Israel Prevents Peace in the Middle East.
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Pro.ress can1t be made to,ard a /ust settlement bet,een Israel and Palestine until -as*in.ton quits armin. one side to t*e teet*. We 9#ericans have ,+nny notions a0o+t ,oreign aid. 6ecent olls sho" that, on average, "e
0elieve '& ercent o, the ,ederal 0+dget is eaten + 0y it, and that, in a ti#e o, a+sterity, this gigantic 0ite o, the 0+dget sho+ld 0e c+t 0ack to $: ercent. In act+al ,act, 0arely $ ercent o, the ,ederal 0+dget goes to ,oreign aid o, any kind. In this case, ho"ever, tr+th is at least as strange as ,iction. Consider that the to reci ient o, 23 ,oreign aid over the ast three decades isn;t so#e i# overished

land ,illed "ith starving kids, 0+t a "ealthy nation "ith a

er)head gross do#estic rod+ct on ar "ith the E+ro ean 2nion average, and higher than that o, Italy, 3 ain or 3o+th 8orea. Consider also that this to reci ient o, s+ch aidBnearly all o, it #ilitary since '::& Bhas 0een 0+sily engaged in "hat looks like a nineteenth)cent+ry)style coloni1ation ro@ect. In the late $(C:s, o+r 0ene,iciary eD elled so#e %::,::: indigeno+s eo le ,ro# the land it "as clai#ing. In $(E%, o+r client sei1ed so#e contig+o+s ieces o, real estate and ever since has 0een coloni1ing these territories "ith nearly EF:,::: o, its o"n eo le. It has divided the con<+ered lands

"ith #yriad check oints and roads accessi0le only to the coloni1ers and is 0+ilding a CC:)#ile "all aro+nd -and c+tting into/ the con<+ered territory, creating a geogra hy o, control that violates international la". Ethnic cleansing is a harsh ter#, 0+t a t ,or a sit+ation in "hich eo le are driven o+t o, their ho#es and lands
0eca+se they are not o, the right tri0e. Tho+gh #any "ill 0alk at leveling this charge against IsraelB,or that co+ntry is, o, co+rse, the to reci ient o, 9#erican aid and es ecially #ilitary largesseB"ho "o+ld hesitate to +se the ter# i,, in a #irror)i#age "orld, all o, this "ere 0eing in,licted on Israeli 7e"s>))Military 9id to Israel))9r#ing and 0ankrolling a "ealthy nation acting in this "ay #ay, on its ,ace, see# like terri0le olicy. *et 9#erican aid has 0een ,lo"ing to Israel in ever greater <+antities. =ver the ast E: years, in ,act, Israel *as

absorbed close to a quarter-trillion dollars in suc* aid$ 3ast year alone+ -as*in.ton sent some 45$( billion in military aid+ supplemented by allocations #or collaborati%e military researc* and /oint trainin. e6ercises 7%erall+ t*e !nited "tates co%ers nearly one quarter o# Israel1s de#ense bud.et B

,ro# tear gas canisters to 5)$E ,ighter @ets. In their '::&)'::( assa+lt on Ga1a, the Israeli Ae,ense 5orces #ade +se o, M)(' and M)&C d+#0 0o#0s, Pave"ay II and 7A9M g+ided s#art 0o#0s, 9?)EC 9 ache attack helico ters e<+i ed "ith 9GM)$$C ?ell,ire g+ided #issiles, M$C$ 0+nker de,eat #+nitions, and s ecial "ea ons like M&'F9$ $FF## "hite hos horo+s #+nitionsBall s+ lied as 9#erican ,oreign aid. -2ni<+ely a#ong Washington;s aid reci ients, Israel is also er#itted to s end 'F ercent o, the #ilitary ,+nding ,ro# Washington on "ea ons #ade 0y its o"n "ea ons ind+stry./ Why is Washington doing this> The #ost
co##on ans"er is the si# lest: Israel is Washington;s ally. B+t the 2nited 3tates has do1ens o, allies aro+nd the "orld, none o, "hich are s+0sidi1ed in anything like this ,ashion 0y 9#erican taD ayer dollars. 9s there is no ,or#al treaty alliance 0et"een the t"o nations and given the lo sided nat+re o, the costs and 0ene,its o, this relationshi , a ,ar #ore acc+rate ter# ,or Israel;s tie to Washington #ight

0e client state. 9nd not a

artic+larly loyal client either. I, #assive #ilitary aid is s+

osed to give Washington leverage over Israel -as it

nor#ally does in client)state relationshi s/, it is di,,ic+lt to detect. In case yo+ hadn;t noticed, rare

is the 9#erican di lo#atic visit to Israel that is not greeted "ith an in)yo+r),ace anno+nce#ent o, intensi,ied coloni1ation o, Palestinian territory, e+ he#istically called settle#ent eD ansion. -as*in.ton also pro%ides aid to Palestine totalin.+ on a%era.e+ 489: million annually in 7bama1s #irst term -#ore than do+0le "hat George W. B+sh gave in his second ter#/. That;s a little #ore than a <+arter o, "hat Israel gets. M+ch o, it goes to ro@ects o, d+0io+s net val+e like the develo #ent o, irrigation net"orks at a #o#ent "hen the Israelis are destroying Palestinian cisterns and "ells else"here in the West Bank. 9nother si.ni#icant part o# t*at #undin. .oes to,ard trainin. t*e Palestinian security #orces$ 8no"n as Aayton ,orces -a,ter the 9#erican general, 8eith Aayton, "ho led their training ,ro# '::F to ':$:/, t*ese troops *a%e a .rim *uman ri.*ts record t*at includes acts o# torture , as Aayton hi#sel, has
ad#itted. =ne ,or#er Aayton de +ty, an 9#erican colonel, descri0ed these sec+rity ,orces to 9l 7a1eera as an o+tso+rced third Israeli sec+rity ar#. Accordin. to ;os* <uebner+ national ad%ocacy director #or t*e !" ampai.n to End t*e

7ccupation and a+thor o, Shattered Hopes: Obamas ail!re to Broker "sraeli#Palestinian Pea$e, American aid to Palestine ser%es mainly to entrenc* t*e Israeli occupation$ =*eir e%idence is ,ron.---mainstream America doesn1t incorporate t*e !$"$1s role in maintain %iolent relations bet,een Israel and Palestine$ &adar, C. '2/('/(). The Nation: Why Bankrolling Israel Prevents Peace in the Middle East.
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is e<+al "hen it co#es to Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank, East 7er+sale#, and the Ga1a 3tri Band the n+#0ers say it all. To o,,er @+st one eDa# le, the death toll ,ro# = eration Cast Head, Israel;s '::&)'::( assa+lt on the Ga1a 3tri , "as $,I&F Palestinians -the #a@ority o, the# civilians/ and $I Israelis, three o, the# civilians. 9nd yet #ainstrea# o inion in the 23 insists on seeing the t"o arties as essentially e<+al. ?arold 8oh, ,or#er dean o, the *ale Ha" 3chool and +ntil recently the to la"yer at the 3tate Ae art#ent, has 0een ty ical in co# aring Washington;s role to ad+lt s+ ervision o, a laygro+nd o +lated 0y "arring s"itch0lade gangs$2 It ,as a particularly odd c*oice o# metap*ors+ .i%en t*at one side is equipped ,it* small arms and rockets o# %aryin. sop*istication+ t*e ot*er ,it* nuclear ,eapons and a stateo#-t*e-art modern military subsidi>ed by t*e ,orld1s only superpo,er$ Washington;s active role in all o, this is not lost on anyone on the "orld stageBeDce t 9#ericans, "ho have declared the#selves to 0e the even)handed ar0iters o, a con,lict involving endless ,ailed e,,orts at 0rokering a eace rocess. ?lobally+ #e,er and #e,er obser%ers belie%e in t*is #iction o# -as*in.ton as a bene%olent bystander rat*er t*an a participant *ea%ily implicated in a *umanitarian crisis$ In ':$', the "idely res ected International Crisis Gro+ descri0ed the eace rocess as a collective addiction that serves all #anner o, needs, reaching an agree#ent no longer 0eing the #ain one. The contradiction 0et"een #ilitary and di lo#atic s+ ort ,or one arty in the con,lict and the retense o, ne+trality cannot 0e eD lained a"ay. Hooked at o0@ectively, it can 0e arg+ed that 9#erican di lo#atic e,,orts in the Middle East have, i, anything, #ade achieving eace 0et"een Palestinians and Israelis #ore di,,ic+lt, "rites 6ashid 8halidi, a historian at Col+#0ia 2niversity, and a+thor o, Brokers o, Aeceit: ?o" the 23 ?as 2nder#ined Peace in the Middle East.)) Evasive 3ilence))9#erican olicy elites are +na0le or +n"illing to talk a0o+t Washington;s destr+ctive role in this sit+ation. There is lenty o, disc+ssion a0o+t a one)state vers+s a t"o)state sol+tion, constant disa roval o, Palestinian violence,
occasional #ild criticis# -not hel ,+l/ o, the Israeli settle#ents, and lately, a lively de0ate a0o+t the glo0al 0oycott, divest#ent, and sanction

#ove#ent -BA3/ led 0y Palestinian civil society to ress+re Israel into a @+st and lasting eace. B+t "hen it co#es to "hat 9#ericans are #ost res onsi0le ,orBall that lavish #ilitary aid and di lo#atic cover ,or one side onlyB"hat yo+ get is either e+ he#is# or an evasive silence. In general, the 9#erican #edia tends to treat o+r ar#ing o, Israel as art o, the nat+ral order o, the +niverse,

as 0eyond <+estion as the ,orce o, gravity. Even the <+ality #edia shies a"ay ,ro# any disc+ssion o, Washington;s real role in ,+eling the Israel)Palestine con,lict. Hast #onth, ,or instance, The New %ork Times ran an article a0o+t a ros ective ost)9#erican Middle East "itho+t any #ention o, Washington;s aid to Israel, or ,or that #atter to Egy t, or the 5i,th 5leet arked in Bahrain. *o+ #ight think that the rogressive hosts o, M3NBC;s ne"s rogra#s "o+ld 0e all over the story o, "hat 9#erican taD ayers are s+0sidi1ing, 0+t the to ic 0arely ,lickers across the chat sho"s o, 6achel Maddo", Chris ?ayes and others. Given this across)the)0oard selective reticence, 9#erican coverage o, Israel and Palestine, and artic+larly o, 9#erican #ilitary aid to Israel, rese#0les the 9gatha Christie novel in "hich the ,irst) erson narrator, obser%in. and commentin. on t*e action in calm semi-detac*ment+ turns out to be t*e murderer$