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before. If the US is able to draw more Arab regimes into a
political settlement, this will create a class alliance for a new
form of exploitation and oppression of the Arab masses. This
will in turn elicit new forms of revolutionary struggle, which
the enemy alliance must be prepared to confront.
Thus, it is not likely that imperialism will resort to being
benignly indifferent to the Middle East. Another factor adds
weight to this: The Gulf countries hold an estimated 56% of
the world’s proven oil reserves, and US specialists predict that
the US will be much more dependent on... Gulf oil in the 1990s
than today.!5 Schultz has labeled as «absurd» the notion that
the US can turn its back on regional conflicts that affect Wes-
tern interests.!® It is therefore not surprising that the US is
more than ever involved in bolstering ‘Israeli’ militarily and
economically. This is the pillar of US Middle East policy.
‘Israel’ also has a growing role in the US’s global policy,
such as delivering arms and other vital aid to pariah regimes
like the one in South Africa. ‘Israel’ has moreover offered
itself as the US’s partner in Star Wars research which has mul-
tiple hightech and military applications, further intergrating
the Zionist state into imperialism’s military-industrial
complex. ‘Israel’ has thus more openly joined in the Reagan
Administration’s anti-Soviet campaign, as also signalled by its
agreement to housing a new «Voice of America» transmittor
on occupied Palestinian land. Coming after the refusal of even
reactionary regimes like Turkey, Egypt and Morocco, Israeli
acceptance was especially welcome. The $300 million the US
will spend annually to spread anti-Soviet lies from this trans-
mittor represents a new investment in the Zionist state, a fur-
ther enhancement of this aggressive strategic «asset».
. Wall Street Journal, February 1986, p. 24.
. The Times, May 30, 1986. __
. Christian Science Monitor, December 19, 1984.
. A Changing Israel, by Peter Grose.
. Christian Science Monitor, December 19, 1984.
. Wall Street Journal, May 29, 1985.
. Jerusalem Post, March 8, 1985.
. Current Policy: US Department of State, April 21, 1985.
Defense and Foreign Affairs, December 31, 1984.
. Near East Report, December 31, 1984.
. Foreign Service Journal, February 1985.
. Defense and Foreign Affairs, January 1986.
. Near East Report, November 18, 1983.
. Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, October 10, 1985.
. Washington Post, February 13, 1986.
. Mideast Observer, February 13, 1985. e
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The Shin Bet ‘Scandal’
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Israeli undercover policeman holds down a Palestinian from Ramie - another case of brutality, also in 1984,
Seemingly, the most controversial
issue in Zionist circles recently has been
the so-called Shin Bet scandai. Western
and Zionist media have named it so,
not because pistol-whipping two hand-
culfed Palestinian prisoners to death is
considered scandalous. Rather, it is
consiaered a scandal that the murder
was publicized; even worse, it came to
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light that it was ordered by the head of
Shin Bet, approved by then prime
minister Shamir, and covered up by the
two jointly.
Indeed, «mosi Israelis are not wor-
ried because these two were killed»
(Boston Globe, January 1st). Their
Inain concern is something the Zionists
ironically call «the moral issue». To the
extent thai Zionist politicians and the
press have focused on «the moral
issue», they worry about the moral
harm that may come to their Zionist
society if security officers act outside
the stated norms of conduct, enjoying
autonomous power and the ability to
hide their actions from the Israeli
public. - هو جزء من
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