West Coast
I am certainly not 'acting' pompous at all. Who knows what governments get up to on the quiet, such as the incredible funding for Israel (still in breach of god knows how many resolutions)by the US. But, there were public fund raising events for NORAID in the United States. The IRA even sold a newspaper there on the streets of New York and elswhere called 'An Phoblacht' just to bolster funds. I've never noticed any fund raising events or Newspaper sales in the UK to support Hamas. The British public would tell them to S@d off. Still the power base on the east coast is Irish, and the financial power base is from Israel, so I am sure the US will just make up the rules as they please.