The Israelis are outnumbered 39 to one, some extraordinary number like 325 million Arabs and close to 6 million Israelis, most of them Jews, some Christians, some Israeli Arabs, outnumbered 39 to one. There is no oil in tiny little Israel. None. Tiny little Israel in a sea of other nations. Why do they focus so much attention on Israel? Why do they not just give their own people in Saudi Arabia, it is a monarchy, a kingdom, why do they not give their people democracy? How about in Iraq? We know they are a dictatorship under Saddam Hussein. Why does he not give his people democracy and freedom? In Iran they have the mullahs, the religious council who are dictators themselves. Even over an elected Iranian president, the religious council overrules the elected officials. Why do they not give their people freedom? The same as Syria with a totalitarian regime. Syria, who by the way has 45,000 Syrian troops in Lebanon. They are occupying Lebanon, Syria is. But why does the world focus attention on the tiny little only democracy in the entire Middle East, Israel? Well, you know that saying when you have trouble at home you try to distract the locals by creating a bogeyman somewhere else. Rather than have the people living in these oppressive totalitarian countries fight against their totalitarian dictatorial rulers, they say all of your problems are caused by the tiny little Jewish state all these miles away who we outnumber 39 to one.
Steve Rothman: “The Israelis are outnumbered 39 to one, some extraordinary number like 325 million Arabs and close to 6 million…”
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Discussing the focus on Israel amidst the political situations in Arab nations.
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