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Japan urges Israel to pause assault on Gaza (www.japantimes.co.jp)

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The Japanese government is repotedly making final arrangements to send Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa to Israel and Jordan on Nov. 2-5.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What are you talking about? The US sends billions to Israel every year. We support Israel because of a mix of wanting a permanent outpost in the middle east and Christian Zionism.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They may be thinking of the lobbying done by AIPAC to influence the relationship between the U.S. and Israel.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Because they want oil, oil is money too.