Israel comes first, says US politician

While top Israeli and Palestinian officials met here to talk security, a US senator dispensed bitter pills to Arab leaders: The United States isn't ready to risk the prestige needed to create a Palestinian state and America's priority is to secure Israel in a way that, "if possible," is just to the Palestinians.

Sen. Gordon Smith on Saturday advised Arab leaders to worry more about injustices in their own countries.

"It's a mystery to me why Arab countries can't work on their own countries before Palestine is fixed," Smith said in a discussion at the World Economic Forum.
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Asked why the United States was willing to anger Arab countries in favor of Israel, another Congressman, Rep. Christopher Shays, said simply that America is not a neutral player in the Middle East.

"We are Israel's strong ally," Shays, Republican of Connecticut, said in an interview with The Associated Press. "It would be foolish for people to think that somehow we are neutral."

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Undergroundrailroad, DU Moderator
Israeli/Palestinian Affairs

...which the U.S really wants to control and own.