Why is the USA such colse allies with Israel?

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Answer 1

You are smart, even though its a very simple question. Ever since the end of WW2, the US has been attempting to be the world's sole super power, which it is now. Look at what happened in the Korean wars, the Vietnam war and the never ending Middle Eastern conflicts. Israel is America's indispensible tool to reach its "power" agenda throughout the Middle East. America doesn't want to give its power away to any opposing party. That's why the Middle East has always been a tense region, so no end to hostilities. Isreal was drawn up by the western victors of WW2. The theory of dividing a land into religious sects just doesn't work. Look at what's happening in Palestine now.

Answer 2

When the Jews came to the United States in large numbers as immigrants a century ago there was a good deal of anti-Semitism of a general kind, but not the pogroms of Eastern Europe. Since then Jews have made many contributions to America in a variety of fields: finance, Hollywood, science, economics, literature, popular music. There has therefore developed a close bond between non-Jewish and Jewish Americans. "White Christmas," an extremely popular song, was written by Irving Berlin, a Jewish American. There are many other reasons, one of which has to do with religion. Many Americans are regular church-goers, for whom Jesus is the supreme spiritual reality. And their Holy Book, the Bible, has the Old and New Testaments, the first being the Book of the Jewish people, to whom they feel grateful, although some would like to see them convert to Christianity. There has recently been a strong social and political alliance between evangelical Christians and Jewish groups. Harry Truman, President from 1946 to 1952, was a strong supporter of Israel, and was among the first, if not the first, to recognize it when it came into existence. On the political front, many Americans feel that Israel deserves their support both as a democracy and as a very reliable ally in a part of the world where democracies are rare and attitudes to America are ambiguous, partly as a result of its closeness to Israel. Other reasons: there are very influential and powerful groups in America which watch out for Israeli interests and which exercise a strong influence on Congress and the White House. That said, there are Americans who feel that the United States should be more even-handed in its dealings with Israel and the Arab states. Noam Chomsky, a prominent Jewish American, has argued for years that America should criticize Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. Other Americans have criticized the influence of the Israeli lobby in Congress. But generally speaking, a politician who criticises Israel is likely to find himself in trouble: it is one of the third rails of American politics, which you touch only at your peril.

Answer 3

Multiple reasons. One the USA is partly responsible for their current location. They are a relatively stable government is a very unstable area. They have positioned themselves in the world financial markets and media over a very long period of time. They fund politicians who run for public office and provide vital media support to them. Radical Muslim groups use Israel to keep things stirred up in the middle east. The USA would prefer that all in that area would get along without outside involvement. Americans are not opposed to Arab nations.

Answer 4

Its all money game. For the sake of money.

USA economy is depend upon Israel, the very smallest, the richest and the most crooked community of the world. Inspite of Christians majority in USA and Europe Jews are ruling.

Americans just want unemployment allowance, etc., etc., without working hard. There is no other alternative except to work
for the cause of Israel.

Answer 5

The Jewish-Israel lobby. The pro-Israel lobby is the most powerful lobby in the United States. Some of the most powerful politicans, businessmen, actors, etc., of the Jewish faith may disagree on business or politics in general but they do agree on using every bit of their financial and political resources to support Israel. No politican can get elected without first pledging their support for the Jewish state.
If you oppose them you are called an "anti-semite", "neo-Nazi" or terrorist sympathizer and are made a poliitcal pariah.

Answer 6

well , it is all about money and power . Israel is one of the strongest nations in terms of money and power ... and is the only nation than sway the world around. they know how to do things ... and they know how to play the game . in the past the power full nation was Britain and Israel was it's close ally. it depends who is the strongest . it is all a game of shadows and somke screens .. it is all about how israel understands how to play a part with any world leading nation..

Answer 7

everything they said is true. Also during the cold war Israel was an ally of US against the USSR

Answer 8

We need an ally in the Middle East. There is alot of oil there, and we need a nation with some leverage.

Answer 9

The Israeli lobby in Washington is very large and very rich. People in government (like congressmen and senators) accept financial gifts (under various guises) and vacation packages from lobbyists in exchange for supporting their agendas. Zionist lobbyists are obvioiusly very generous,

Answer 10

The dangerous confluence of AIPAC money and Christianist zealotry.