Ari Shayn: "Wasn't the Holy Land Foundation raising money for Hamas? "
Gee....I don't know, Ari Shayn!
Weren't they merely a humanitarian charity sending money back to Arabs in Gaza for health care and educational purposes for many, many years, backed and praised by Republican candidates and the Governor of Texas, including George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush?
Of course! -
Why, that's what they were!
Operating for years right out in the open as a registered non-profit Charity!
That is ... until Washington had reason to believe they were operating AGAINST newly stated U.S. foreign policy directives.
Didn't Sami al-Aryan have the entire W Bush family down to Florida to celebrate his children's graduation?
And didn't this same Sami al-Aryan contribute heavily to W's campaigns, including rounding up other Arabs here to vote for him and other Republicans?
Why sure! Dr. al-Aryan was merely a highly respected PhD University Professor as well as a respectable and law abiding American citizen, well known for supporting the GOP and other conservative causes. Oh! ... OK ... So he wasn't very much for Israel - even being somewhat strongly opinionated about his views, but that was his right as an American! Everyone has the right to their opinions in America, as well as the right to contribute to legally registered non-profit charitable organizations. The distinguished Professor never took up arms or joined the PLO or Hamas. He was a normal family man in south Florida, with a beautiful family, and personal friends with the Bush family - not so much different than the prominent Jewish Americans who contribute to Likud, hosted fund raisers for Ariel Sharon in NY City and Miami, and were highly opinionated about Israel's Arab neighbors.
My point: In the world of politics, someone's best friend and ally today, can overnight become public enemy #1 of the entire world. For many years the U.S.A. viewed the State of Israel as the outnumbered, victimized, morally in the right survivors of horror which miraculously defeated all Arab aggressor states which were still at that time harboring escaped Nazi War Criminals, were formally allied with and armed by The Soviet Union, and were daily committing outright acts of war and terrorism against the Jewish population within the pre-67 borders. The U.S.A. as matter of policy considered Israel's re-conquest of all Jewish ancestral places including Jerusalem, Judaea, Samaria and Gaza as miraculous and a great help in having a bulwark against the spread of Soviet influence. At that time, the Soviet Union's stated position was that Israel was an aggressor state, that Zionism was Racism, and that Zionism was nothing more than an excuse to colonize the entire Middle East on behalf of the U.S. and the U.K. After Israel's victory in the 67 War, The USSR demanded daily that Israel withdraw from ALL OCCUPIED TERRITORIES.
How about today? --
Any changes come down since those days?
What today are the formal position and policies of this same United States of America which until recently stood by Israel and denounced each and every position taken by both the Arabs as well as the Soviet Union?
Have you ever read George W. Bush's "Roadmap to Peace in The Middle East"?
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