Israel, after two years, will finally press charges against an Israeli soldier who shot a Palestinian woman and child carrying a white flag during the Gaza war. The woman and child were among the 28 Palestinians who were carrying white flags on their way to safer grounds. The charges come in the wake of Prime Minister Netanyahu's official visit to the U.S. The visit is the first for the prime minister after the controversial flotilla raid.
It just defies logic as to why the U.S. continues to support Israel despite its continued defiance of international treaties and laws. Israel remains defiant because it knows it has a superpower behind its back. I cannot accept the common notion that Jewish power and influence are just so great and pivotal in America that Obama is utterly helpless to dictate to Israel what to do to diffuse tension in the Middle East. I refuse to believe that the U.S. can be held hostage by the Jewish people and turn a blind eye to the many human rights abuses Israel continues to commit against the Palestinians. Now is the perfect time for Obama to put Israel in its proper place.
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