On Sunday, there was a closed meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the Knesset and someone at the meeting reported to Haaretz what this person says Prime Minister Netanyahu told the committee that this is the Haaretz full screen in Hebrew but the translation is now this is reportedly from Netanyahu’s mouth. I think we will need to wean ourselves off American military aid. Well, Ambassador, if that’s true, how could they possibly exist without American military aid? Well, they couldn’t and this is therefore a very significant statement by Prime Minister Netanyahu. I saw it earlier in a different version in the Russian media which described the relationship with the United States as toxic and that he said we have to detoxify our dependence on the United States.

So, the problem here is that there’s no one who could take the place of the United States in support of Israel. But I believe that this relationship has reached that stage when I see the United States ceased to veto recognition of a Palestinian state and the Supreme Security Council ceased to protect Israel from charges of human rights violations which are entirely justified. In the same forum or in the International Court of Justice, I haven’t seen that. So, what we have is some talk, a bickering, if you will, between an old established couple. Will this lead you to divorce? I don’t know.

An old established couple, very old and unfortunately very well established. Let me ask you about the plane from Qatar. You know the Middle East mentality. Do they give away something worth 400 million dollars without expecting something in return? Good will. Yeah, no, they’re very generous. I don’t think the problem is with the Qataris offering this. First of all, as an American, I find it somewhat humiliating that our president has to accept a gift rather than have the US Air Force provide a suitable aircraft for him. Second, this is an unconstitutional emolument from a foreign government pretty clearly, in part because it’s not only being given to the White House, it’s apparently to be used by President Trump when and if he steps down from office.

So, I think there’s a lot wrong with this, but it’s really a reflection of the degree of disregard for the Constitution and the laws in the United States and our decadence and our corruption. [tr:trw].

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