Why does the US support Israel at the expense of it's relationship with Arab countries?
476551
because we always support the passive underdog...israel is not calling for the extermination of arabs..is it..???..if the arabs would go about their business without bothering israel or supporting terrorists that want to annihilate it, they might be able to get along better with us...why all this WE have to get along with THEM..?? getting along is a 2 way street
60789
As you may know Henry Kissinger, US Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon & Ford says "Oil is much too important a commodity to be left in the hands of the Arabs.---" and it is really one of the places that Israel helps US, they are always afraid of Israel and they spend lots of money buying military equipment and support.\nYou must know that Israel has one the most advanced armies in middle east and US provides it the most advanced weapons e.g. F-16 aircraft which Israel even improve it also a huge Nuke warehouse and this army has done many operations for US, In Operation Yonathan (originally known as the Entebbe raid or Operation Thunderbolt), Israeli commandos freed French and Israeli hostages and wiped out most of the air forces of Uganda. They also rescued all but one hostage (shot accidently) and with only one casualty, the leader, Yoni.\nLong time ago Middle East was where three known continents contact each other so everyone who was dreaming about conquering the world had passed middle east e.g. Alexander the Great, Chingiz the Mongol. \nToday there is no such limits so the only reason that middle east is a strategic point in OIL.\nFact is Oil cant be produced in an unstable country because it is flamable itself and need lots of pipeline to transfer so there must be stable countries in unstable atmosphere.\nThats the greatest Help Israel gives US\nWhat reported on Media is something for common people who think Iraq had a main role in 9/11(which is proved false) but US helps for Israel isn't classified e.g. Israel have requested 1.2 billion dollars from US for their August withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, which is "supplemental" to Israel's foreign aid share of 3-4 billion
611682
They attack other countries, but they see us as the biggest threat to their way of life, so they attack us the most.  They think we are going to colonialize the rest of the world (I can't say that I disagree), and since they see our (western) lifestyles as evil, they want to stop us before that happens to them by raising awareness in their own countries of our evil deeds.  It certainly doesn't help that we back Israel.
505261
This is one of the things that is such as problem. Israel and Iran and other countries primarily get their material from within their boarders so they dont have anyrestrictions, this is one of the reasons that the United States is so scared about theocracies such as Iran could do to us.
726651
The truth is Israel was founded on the auspices of the UN, strongly supported by USA and the UK. All subsequent foreign policy has been therefore to shore up that decision.
580063
The reasons for this are twofold:\n\nFirstly, Israel is a key strategic ally in the middle east.  Israel's status both as a jewish community and a secular democracy make them a natural ally to the United States, and are also both a key trading, diplomatic, and military power.  For the US to take away Israel's nuclear program would be diminishing the power of a country falling under the American sphere of influence.\n\nSecondly, Israel is a small country with a outmanned, but technologically superior military surrounded by a large number of hostile countries whose populations have shown a notable lack of limits on the steps that they are willing to take to win this cultural/religious conflict.  Without a nuclear program to back up their conventional military, Israel could easily be overrun in a war.
1120535
... Israel, and the United States.
1004701
I think to be able answer such a question we have to ask the following question:  Why USA back and supply jews in Palestine since 1900's and then after 1948 what's called Israel by all means\nbecause they hate muslims and use Israel as a means against them .  In this direction mnc may be encouraged and paid to invest there, and the issues will take into consideration are strengthening Israel.
1030557
The stated cause of the invasion of Iraq was because it didn't obey the united nations, why should israel not have to. Oh, I forgot, Israel and the united states are allies and consequently can do whatever it likes to whoever it likes.
437011
Dear Sir you are highly mistaken! It is not Israel thats afraid of Iran but it is the other way round. Israel has full support of the USA so it does not need to fear Iran or any other country of the world for that matter.
674637
Because the Jewish lobby is so powerful in Congress, Israel can do whatever it wants, and the US will support them. People are cautious about being critical of Israel because anytime one is critical of Israel they are labeled as being anti-Semitic.
319728
The Arab world See's the US as the big evil and Israel as the little evil.  The US has favorable foreign policy to Israel over the Arab world.  People say that they are our puppets.
580480
Well- guess your knowledge of history is ehavily influenced by those propaganda sites you read- up until 1973 the USA provided Israel with VERY FEW arms, in fact most of Israel's arsenal was bought from Europe or self built.  Even today with weaponry they purchase- they often strip the elctronics out and replace them with their own, superior versions.  A case in point was with the bombing of the Iranian nuclear reactor in the eighties- American airforce generals were flabbergasted at the performance of the Israeli F16s since the American ones were not capable of the same level of performance.\n\nAnd guess what- the drive for a state in the are started in the late 19th century- it was just that it was finally succesful after WWII.  And hey- guess what,Jews liberated from the concentration camps, and trying to return to their homes- were often attacked by their former neighbors.\n\nSo wehere would you have put a Jewsih state?  In Africa where it would have started a whole colnial issue?  In South America where they would not have been welcomed/  IN Europe where they had just seen their friends and family murdered?  In the end- Israel with their millenia long connection to it was the only option.\n\nAs for the UN partition plan- it gave countries to both Israel and the Palestinans.  Israel accepted the plan, but the Arab league decided to make sure their would be no Jewish state- and five countries attacked Israel as the state was proclaimed.  And Israel was victorous- the ARabs lost, and the Palestinians were the big losers- with their Arab brethren stealing their land- and forcing them into refugee camps.  And lets not forget- the estimate of Palestinan refugees was 400-600 thousand- the estinated number of Jewish refugees from Arab countries 800 thousand-1 million.\n\nWhat happened to the Jewish refugees- they were absorbed by the state, made full citizens and helped to establish themselv es after having all their money and possessions stolen by the Arab governments- unlike the Palestinian refugees who were deprived of their rights, denied citizenship in the countreies of those occupying them (Egypt of Jordan), and left to starve - until the UN started a special agency just to deal with their problem!
572588
Bush tried when he first got into office.  That was the impetus for Sharon visiting the Palestinian area that sparked the latest war between Palestine and Israel.  Now, hes has no choice, Israel is the most reliable ally in that part of the world.  But make no mistake, Bush dislikes them as much as he does Arabs.
790831
good question\nthe arabs states are too weak and cowardly to help the palestinians and that is unfortunate\nthe arab rulers are collaborators with the israeli regime and its supporters
222169
Israel and the USA are buddies because they back each other up. The USA has some support from moderate Islamic countries in the Middle East. \nI think its a damn shame that Israel and the US can do what ever it likes to defend itself. There are international laws and the military "rules of engagment" that Israel and the US like to ignore a lot (like the terrorist). \n\nIf Israel and the US kill innocent people to kill or capture terrorist then these countries are NO BETTER than the terrorist who attack and kill innocents to attack US and Israel interests in the Middle East. \n\nI do not support the horrible methods that terrorist use but I see NO difference between what the US, Israel and terrorist. \n\nExample:\n\nIf a terrorist blows himself up and half a city block to take out a US Embassy or an Israel market place and he kills and wounds several civilians then he is evil.\n\nIf a US or Israel destroyed a car with a missle (whatever) that a terrorist was driving and this action results in the death and injury or innocent cilivians nearby then it is also an evil act. There is no difference what-so-ever between thier tactics of attack/defense.\n\nWe and Israel need to obey the rule of international law even when fighting terrorists otherwise we are like the terrorists we fear and hate.
159185
Yes, it is becasue it is an Arab country. The US right now is going through an identity crisis.\n\nWe make it our business to spread democracy and freedom around the world, yet when a party is democratically elected, and we don't like them, we want to break diplomatic relations. (Hamas)\n\nWe belive in free trade/market, and have allowed businesses from other countries maintain our ports, yet now that there is an Arab country involved, it is a problem.\n\nThe United States does not know what position it is to hold in the world.