[lbo-talk] The US is not Israel's sole prop

[Marv Gandall]

The primacy of economic and political considerations over ideology, or why only lip-service is paid to the Palestinian cause. 

An article in today’s Reuters surveys Israel’s de facto military alliance with Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the pipeline economics which underlies its strengthened ties to Cyprus and Syriza’s nominally pro-Palestinian government, and its rapidly expanding trade ties with rising economic powers China and India.

The BDS movement faces formidable headwinds.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-diplomacy-commentary-idUSKCN11R1P0