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

submitted 11 months ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 11 months 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.

[–] blkpws@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Because they want oil, oil is money too.

[–] Shazbot@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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