these people

Googling "only thing arabs understand", "only things these people understand", and "only thing they understand" arab gives predictable results. I wish I could google in Arabic, so I could see if Arabs say similar things about Israelis.

In a story from news.com.au Israel requested jet fuel from the USA.

The Pentagon said the sale would help "improve the security of a friendly country which has been, and continues to be, an important force for stability and economic progress in the Middle East."

Surely no-one from the Pentagon was able to say that with a straight face?