Quote Originally Posted by wanderlust View Post
The US sends Israel over $3 billion per annum of military and economic aid on top of diplomatic support precisely to maintain the status quo - it is the will of America to keep a foothold in the area. Supplement that with a vibrant tourist industry and Israel has the military might and finances to do exactly what they are doing for pretty much as long as they want to.
So yes, you can have all three - in fact they are mutually dependent in this scenario.
The world is wakening up to the Israeli abuse of the Palestinian peoples Human Rights wanderlust. My old dad used to say, "Nothing goes on forever". If the British Empire could crumble, so can the State of Israel and I believe ultimately it will - from the inside.