Ten Ways Israel Is Just Like Saudi Arabia

Here is an excellent comparison from Medea Benjamin, founder of Code Pink:

Here are some traits Saudi Arabia and Israel have in common.

1. Both oppress the non-dominant groups living in their borders. Israel oppresses Palestinians, building settlements on their land and surrounding their villages with apartheid walls and heavily-armed soldiers. Saudi Arabia has set up a political and judicial system that oppresses everyone who is not Sunni (like Shia and non-Muslims), as well as women and millions of migrant workers. Both nations respond to political dissidents in similar ways, using excessive force, arbitrary and indefinite detention, impunity, intimidation, and torture.

You can find the other nine ways @
http://original.antiwar.com/mbenjamin/2016/05/11/ten-ways-israel-just-like-saudi-arabia/

Neither one of these countries is our friends They have cynically used and abused us, and we have cynically used them. That's about it.