Military Might

The last mandate that Carson mentioned was of a rather different character. "The justification of brute force and military might". If this is to be an acceptable criterion for justifying the creation of a national state, then Israel's existence is certainly justified. "Israel has been the greatest recipient of US military aid except for South Vietnam and South Korea. It currently recieves 46% of all American overseas aid."

Canon finished his opening address with a few remarks about the nature of the Israeli state. He quoted Yaakov Morris' "Israel has never been the homeland of the Palestinians, it has always been the homeland of the Jews", and Golda Miers' "There is no such thing as Palestine". We were told of the 3000 political prisoners in Israel. Opposition towards Israel's expansionist policies on the West Bank: "only one member of the United Nations voted in favour of the settlements on the West Bank of the Jordan, even the United States wouldn't support them on that one."

Regarding the morality of the Israeli leaden he said, "Israel is now a major exporter of arms; most of these exports go to South Africa, a country which has made enormous investments in Israel. The Israeli government has encouraged these investments to such an extent that they now involve some $80m. excluding arms." Carson finished by saying "My statements may be partisan echoes of the PLO, but I've been making them for some time now and no-one has pointed out any errors yet."