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Question to some of the guys here (you know who you are): When Sharon says Jews control US politics, do you believe him?
Could this have been a simplification of reality: that the US supports Israel because they need a friendly state in a middle-east full of US-hating Arabs. As a result of this mutual need for support, the Israelis can make some demands of the US, in exchange for all kinds of Israeli support, both visible and secret. Thus, when Sharon says Jews control US policies, he's saying they have influence; perhaps there was a context where this comment was perfectly logical, or perhaps the audience made the comment seem reasonable.
Quotes taken out of context can be very misleading, and perhaps this quote isn't quite as controversial as it seems to be.
(Oh, and my comment still stands: either everyone is put on trial, or nobody. Sharon is a saint compared to some other people in the middle-east, or even on the Palestinian side alone...)
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