James Baker was the only leader in America who had the guts to stand up and act against Israel's malignant disease: the settlements. When he was the … - Uri Avnery
" "James Baker was the only leader in America who had the guts to stand up and act against Israel's malignant disease: the settlements. When he was the Secretary of State, he simply informed the Israeli government that he would deduct the sums expended on the settlements from the money Israel was getting from the US. Threatened and made good on his threat. Baker thus confronted the "pro-Israeli" lobby in the US, both the Jewish and the Christian. Such courage is rare in the United States, as it is rare in Israel.
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Uri Avnery (also spelled Avneri, (אורי אבנרי); born Helmut Ostermann (September 10, 1923 – August 20, 2018 was an Israeli journalist, left wing peace activist, Knesset member, who was originally a member of the right wing Revisionist Zionist movement.
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