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An excerpt from Newsmax *All rights reserved)

Democratic senior statesman Ed Koch says Israel is facing its “most dangerous and critical period” and he is ready to break with his party in the next presidential election over President Obama’s policies on the Middle East.

In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV, the former New York City mayor said, “Mitt Romney correctly summed it up when he said that President Obama has once again thrown Israel under the bus.

Who's throwing whom under the bus ?

U.S. Arms Sales to Israel End Up In China, Iraq

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While I certainly wish Israel wouldn't do that, it should be noted that our "allies" in Europe also sell arms to most of those countries, especially China, and they do it with technology we helped them develop.

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But to Israel as well :

Israel finalizes purchase of sixth German-made submarine - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

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Arms sales are an important export for many countries. The US uses arms sales primarily as a foreign policy tool, which makes us unique. Same goes for our trade policy in general, actually. Most nations' trade policies are based purely on business, but we use it primarily as a way to pursue foreign policy goals.