Historically, what is Americas fascination with the Jews and having them re-gain statehood in the Middle East?

Question

Political BS aside, because this goes back to the early 1800s that the US has been obsessed with helping the Jews regain their land.

Answer 1

You can read about AIPAC's influence here:

http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/Research/wpaper.nsf/rwp/RWP06-011/$File/rwp_06_011_walt.pdf

Answer 2

after WWII the US felt guilty for not helping the Jews in Europe. The Jews were forced from their homeland by Muslims a couple hundred years ago. Most of Europe historically does not want Jews in their presence and giving them a state of their own to live in will solve many social anxieties. Muslims have many homelands in the Middle East, but Jews have nowhere. The US generally wants a Jewish state created to prevent further atrocities such as the holocaust

Answer 3

Evangelical Christians believe that Jews must have their own state so that the Second Coming of Christ could happen. After the second coming all the Jews will be converted to Christianity (according to Evangelicals). These right-wing Evangelicals have a disproportionate influence on our foreign policy through the Republican Party. That's the reason why American leaders are so preoccupied with that issue. They don't really care about Jews. Most of them (right-wing Christians) are anti-Semitic.

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Answer 4

The majority of the support of Israel in the US stems from guilt over the Holocaust and the fact they were a strong ally during the cold war. However their is a large minority who support Israel because they believe that the establishment of Gods kingdom on earth must be preceded by the Jews returning to the Holy Land (Israel) and ruling over all of it.
see http://www.100prophecies.org/page9.htm

Answer 5

Actually before Truman the U.S. did very little to help Israel,in fact they hindered them. Personally i am very fascinated with the state of Israel.They have continually overcome great odds and succeeded time and again.Read the stories of the destruction of the arab air forces,and the many tank battles against larger forces.

Answer 6

US and Isreal have been allies for a long time and supports whichever groups lobby hardest (pay the most money) ,
that's it money is the bottom line.

right now ,other countries will acknowledge Turky commit genocide against the Armenian people but here in the US, we fired our ambassador who called a spade a spade. why?

cause Turkish lobbyists are paying many dollars and taking out full page newspaer ads ,spending millions on a campaign to deny genocide ever happened. money talks.

and this is the same way relations with Israel and Jews are influenced and why the US gets involved

Answer 7

Wasn't it British controlled earlier??

What's the Christian worlds obsession with the jews in the ME? Just that, another presence in the way of the muslims...
/2 cents

Answer 8

I believe you will fined most of your answers in the bible

Answer 9

In recent times, an important role was played by president Truman. And the Pentagon. :

"Recognition of Israel"

"Truman was a key figure in the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine."

"In 1946, an Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry recommended the gradual establishment of two states in Palestine, with neither Jews nor Arabs dominating. However, there was little public support for the two-state proposal, and Britain, its empire in rapid decline, was under pressure to withdraw from Palestine quickly because of attacks on British forces by armed Zionist groups. At the urging of the British, a special U.N. committee recommended the immediate partitioning of Palestine into two states, and with Truman's support, this initiative was approved by the General Assembly in 1947."

"The British announced that they would leave Palestine by May 15, 1948, and the Arab League Council nations began moving troops to Palestine's borders. The idea of a Jewish state in the Middle East was popular in the U.S., and particularly so among one of Truman's key constituencies, urban Jewish voters."

"The State Department, however, was another matter. Secretary of State George Marshall, and most of the foreign service experts, strongly opposed the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine. Thus, when Truman agreed to meet with Chaim Weizmann, he found himself overruling his own Secretary of State. In the end, Marshall did not publicly dispute the President's decision, as Truman feared he might. Truman recognized the State of Israel on May 14, 1948, after it declared itself a nation."

"Harry S. Truman : Recognition of Israel", Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman#Recognition_of_Israel

A few years later, in 1953, AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) was founded by Isaiah L. "Si" Kenen, under the original name of "American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs".

"According to UCLA political science professor and author, Steven Spiegel, "the tension between the Eisenhower administration and Israeli supporters was so acute that there were rumors (unfounded as it turned out) that the administration would investigate the American Zionist Council. Therefore, an independent lobbying committee was formed, which years later was renamed [AIPAC]." AIPAC's web site states that it "has grown into a 100,000-member national grassroots movement."

"The New York Times described AIPAC on July 6, 1987 as "a major force in shaping United States policy in the Middle East." The article also stated that: "The organization has gained power to influence a presidential candidate's choice of staff, to block practically any arms sale to an Arab country, and to serve as a catalyst for intimate military relations between The Pentagon and the Israeli army. Its leading officials are consulted by State Department and White House policy makers, by senators and generals.""

"AIPAC lobbies for financial aid from the United States to Israel, helping to procure $2.4 billion in aid with total aid since 1949 estimated at about $108 billion."

"In 1992, AIPAC president David Steiner had to resign when he was tape recorded boasting about his political influence in obtaining aid for Israel. Steiner claimed that he had "met with [Bush's U.S. Secretary of State] Jim Baker and I cut a deal with him. I got, besides the $3 billion, you know they're looking for the Jewish votes, and I'll tell him whatever he wants to hear ... Besides the $10 billion in loan guarantees which was a fabulous thing, $3 billion in foreign, in military aid, and I got almost a billion dollars in other goodies that people don't even know about." Steiner also claimed to be "negotiating" with the incoming Clinton administration over who Clinton would appoint as Secretary of State and Secretary of the National Security Agency. Steiner stated that AIPAC had "a dozen people in [the Clinton] campaign, in the headquarters ... in Little Rock, and they're all going to get big jobs.""

"Haim Katz told the Washington Times that he taped the conversation because "as someone Jewish, I am concerned when a small group has a disproportionate power. I think that hurts everyone, including Jews. If David Steiner wants to talk about the incredible, disproportionate clout AIPAC has, the public should know about it.""

"AIPAC has a wide base of supporters both in and outside of Congress. Support among congressional members includes a majority of members of both the Democratic and Republican Parties. According to American Prospect magazine, "AIPAC’s 2002 annual conference included 50 senators, 190 representatives, and more than a dozen senior administration officials.""

"Vice President Dick Cheney addressed AIPAC members in Washington on March 12, 2007, stating: "We find unity and strength in the values of liberty and equality and our belief in democracy and the rule of law and in our devotion to the security of America's friend, the state of Israel. As members of AIPAC, you play a vital role in making the strategic and moral case for America's friendship with Israel. I commend AIPAC for the fine work you do ... I stand here today as a strong supporter of Israel and Israel has never had a better friend in the White House than George Bush.""

"In a 2007 bestseller, "Power, Faith, and Fantasy", historian Michael Oren argued that strong American support for a Jewish state derives from Puritan-Republican roots of the United States itself."

"American Israel Public Affairs Committee", Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aipac