Quote Originally Posted by Mick-Boy View Post
Freedom for who?.
LOL, you think Arab countries provide the same freedoms as Israel. Now who needs to do some research.

Quote Originally Posted by Mick-Boy View Post
Pick a side based on whose interests? If we're talking about ours (and ours are the ones I care about) then the US has well over a quarter of a million of it's citizens deployed to countries in the muslim world. A significant percentage or our oil comes from arab countries. What does Israel bring to the table for us?

Again though, things just aren't as simple as "pick a side and support it exclusively". The United States has vested national interest in promoting peace in the middle east. The only real way that's going to happen is a two state solution. So pick a side just isn't going to cut it.
We aren't talking about the other Arab countries, we're talking about the Palestinians.

Exports from Israel to U.S. With a population of 7.1 million, Israel exported US$20.8 billion worth of merchandise to the United States in 2007, an 8.6% increase from 2006 and up by 63% in 4 years. The following product categories represent about 77% of Israeli exports to America.
  1. Gem diamonds … US$9.5 billion – up 10.5% from 2006 (45.6% of Israel-to-U.S. exports)
  2. Dental, medical and pharmaceutical preparations … $2.7 billion – up 3.5% (12.9%)
  3. Telecommunications equipment … $746.8 million – up 17.6% (3.6%)
  4. Complete civilian aircraft … $685.9 million – up 41.6% (3.3%)
  5. Other hospital, medical and scientific equipment … $655 million – up 12.6% (3.1%)
  6. Electric apparatus and parts … $385.6 billion – up 11.3% (1.9%)
  7. Civilian aircraft engines … $370.5 million – up 52.6% (1.8%)
  8. Measuring, testing and control instruments … $337.1 million – down 9.8% (1.6%)
  9. Other military equipment … $271.3 million – up 223.2% (1.3%)
  10. Computer accessories, peripherals and parts … $254.6 billion – up 36.5% (1.2%).
http://daniel-workman.suite101.com/top-israeli-imports-exports-a59994

Palestinian Exporting to the United States

Palestinian exports are low compared to imports; however, the numbers have been increasing gradually in the recent years. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) total exports from Palestine in the year 1996 reached $339.5 million and the number has increased gradually to reach $513 million in the year 2007, with the exception of the year 2000, where exports reached $400.8 million. The products recording the most exporting rates include; non-metallic mineral manufactures, furniture, footwear, iron and steel, medicinal and pharmaceutical products, and cork and wood products (excluding furniture) with combined exports that reach $242 million in the year 2007 (47% of total exports in that year).
Exporting to the United States is very low compared to exporting to other countries in the world, as total exports to the United States throughout the years 1996-2007 reached the total of $14.5 million (less than 1% of total exports in those years) according to PCBS, showing gradual increase in recent years. The year 2005 has seen the highest export numbers to the United States with $4.2 million of exported products.



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