Muralidharan, SuKumar creator text xu| 2004 continuing ng p.4517-520. The US occupation of Iraq and Israel's continuing subjugation of the Palestinians have much in common. Two parallel military occupations, a striking symmetry in military tactics, a similar inattention to the plight of the victims, and an excessive solicitude towards the misfortunes of the aggressors. But then the two countries share an intimate strategic relationship going back so long, that it would be unusual if they did not learn and benefit from, and even emulate, each other. - Reproduced. International relations Economic and Political Weekly 180718