The Future of U.S.-Israel Relations
Different research and studies have been published in the last two decades on the nature of the U.S.-Israel relationship. While most describe Israel as a burden, others make the case that Israel is an asset to the United States.
The fact is that the war of June 1967 is considered a demarcation line between the stages of Israel playing an important role in U.S. interests in the Middle East, to Israel playing the principle role in those interests. U.S. aid to Israel has been one of the most important and prominent indicators of bilateral relations. Since 1948, successive U.S. administrations have aligned themselves with a strategy based on developing the alliance and rooting it in different areas of interest. This has been evidenced by U.S. support for Israel in the corridors of the United Nations, and the use of the veto against any attempt to issue a resolution that condemns Israel’s practices and repeated aggressions against Arab countries. The U.S. administration has gone further by thwarting the issuance of any international resolution condemning the arbitrary actions of Israel in the region. This trend has been clear in six decades of aggression, though which a prominent feature has been political and diplomatic support for continued pressure on international organizations, forcing the abandonment of an international resolution — a parallel between racism and Zionism.
U.S. aid to Israel has emerged as the most important feature of support, as this aid has solved many Israeli economic crises (such as inflation in the mid-1980s), not to mention its important influence in modernizing the Israeli military machine and equipping it with forms of advanced technology such as aircrafts, thus funding Israeli aggression against Arab states.
The value of U.S. aid to Israel from 1948 to 2010 has reached $107 billion. Around 60 percent of it is military aid, and 40 percent economic aid. It is estimated that the value of direct, cumulative government aid will reach $122 billion by 2015. If we also take into account the indirect aid from the U.S. and Jewish community through the past decade, the total aid value reaches around $157 billion.
The signs inevitably point to a continuation of the strategic alliance between the two, subject to the extent of the role played by the Israeli president in U.S. interests in the Middle East. In this sense, Israel will remain an asset to the U.S., especially in the absence of a strong Arab presence.
The fact is that the war of June 1967 is considered a demarcation line between the stages of Israel playing an important role in U.S. interests in the Middle East, to Israel playing the principle role in those interests. U.S. aid to Israel has been one of the most important and prominent indicators of bilateral relations. Since 1948, successive U.S. administrations have aligned themselves with a strategy based on developing the alliance and rooting it in different areas of interest. This has been evidenced by U.S. support for Israel in the corridors of the United Nations, and the use of the veto against any attempt to issue a resolution that condemns Israel’s practices and repeated aggressions against Arab countries. The U.S. administration has gone further by thwarting the issuance of any international resolution condemning the arbitrary actions of Israel in the region. This trend has been clear in six decades of aggression, though which a prominent feature has been political and diplomatic support for continued pressure on international organizations, forcing the abandonment of an international resolution — a parallel between racism and Zionism.
U.S. aid to Israel has emerged as the most important feature of support, as this aid has solved many Israeli economic crises (such as inflation in the mid-1980s), not to mention its important influence in modernizing the Israeli military machine and equipping it with forms of advanced technology such as aircrafts, thus funding Israeli aggression against Arab states.
The value of U.S. aid to Israel from 1948 to 2010 has reached $107 billion. Around 60 percent of it is military aid, and 40 percent economic aid. It is estimated that the value of direct, cumulative government aid will reach $122 billion by 2015. If we also take into account the indirect aid from the U.S. and Jewish community through the past decade, the total aid value reaches around $157 billion.
The signs inevitably point to a continuation of the strategic alliance between the two, subject to the extent of the role played by the Israeli president in U.S. interests in the Middle East. In this sense, Israel will remain an asset to the U.S., especially in the absence of a strong Arab presence.
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