>>Without the intention of being critical of you personally, can I just go back to what you said : "If a country expects the support of another country, it's not unreasonable to assume that there will be "conditions" to that support". While I might agree in principal, with some reservations, I've done my best to try & find where either Israel or Palestine requested the US to step in. Is it reasonable then to demand conditions for your support, when that support was not requested in the first place ?
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> Sure, it's still reasonable (albeit, maybe a bit obnoxious). They still have the opportunity to tell us, "Thanks, but no thanks." (if done by diplomats), or, "Go F* yourselves" if not ;-) The problem is, there is a lot of communication that goes on behind closed doors. Who knows what country has asked another for support; it may not always be publicized for political reasons. Assuming that they didn't ask, it is still their (Israel, Palestine, whoever) perogative to let us know they're not interested in our "help".

I think we're going to have to differ on this one.
In my experience, I've usually found that unconditional help brings far greater reward than help given with strings attached.