Did Israel benefit from 9/11 ?

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Did Israel benefit from 9/11 ?

Israel benefited by having one of their neighboring enemies, namely Saddam Hussein and his standing army, weakened and preoccupied. It is not a coincidence that advocates and newspaper pundits most defensive about our invasion happen to be strong advocates of Israel’s right-wing will. Evidence clearly shows that some Israeli supporters were part of the culture of deception to take us to war with Iraq—as they are now working to take us to war with Iran with a similar pattern of phony intelligence. Equally it is a fact that whatever Middle East group harbors hostility toward Israel is now considered terrorist in nature to Americans. It is a fact that the Israeli lobby pushed hard for war with Iraq.

Israel's Goal: Win back support for the increasingly unpopular policies of Sharon in Israel and provide a basis for a mass invasion of occupied Palestine. By causing Americans to feel the "pain" of terrorism they could more easily identify with Israel and willingly support Israelis actions against Palestinian "terrorists."

As a result of the "terrorism" experienced by Americans, laws were enacted to make Israel's enemies America's enemies. Hezbollah, Hamas, and other Palestinian freedom fighters were demonized as terrorists and enemies of America and the world. Although they had nothing to do with 9/11, their funding was frozen. Anyone having any association with them was and is treated as a criminal in any part of the world and arrested. Legitimate Islamic charities helping the victims of Zionist aggression were shutdown and many innocent Muslims were given lengthy jail sentences for donating money to these charities. As a result of Israeli aggression, any Muslim who dared to fight back was immediately labeled a terrorist.

"We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq swung American public opinion in our favor."
–Israeli Crime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu