Last December, Dean told the Jerusalem Post that he unequivocally supported $8 Billion in US loan guarantees for Israel. "I believe that by providing Israel with the loan guarantees...the US will be advancing its own interest," he said. His unconditional support for the loan package, in addition to $4 Billion in outright grants, went
further than even some of the most pro-Israel elements in the Bush administration, like
Paul Wolfowitz, who wanted to at least include some vague restrictions like pushing Israel to curtail new settlements and accept a timetable to establish a Palestinian state.
http://www.muslimwakeup.com/mainarchive/000119.htmlDean believes the Bush administration should be giving Israel
$4 billion in military aid to fight terrorism,
not the $1 billion it proposed last month.
http://www.jewishsf.com/bk030418/us02.shtmlDean traveled to Israel on a trip sponsored by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). After
meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Dean stated: “I do not think that as long as Yasser Arafat is president there will be peace." Before leaving, Sharon asked if Dean would support requests for new loan guarantees to Israel. Dean “promised him he would.”
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