Since its 1948 founding, Israel has been far and away the largest recipient of U.S. foreign assistance. Israel’s status as an enormous, multidimensional burden on the United States is more evident than ever.
U.S. lawmakers who have been silent for the last 22 months are now speaking out publicly and blaming Israel for the starvation and famine conditions in the Gaza Strip.
A clear and growing majority of Americans are in favor of recognizing a Palestinian state and prioritizing aid to Gaza over weapons to Israel.
As these two articles demonstrate, Israel has cash to spend on Israeli- weapons and American-made weapons galore – compliments of US taxpayers.
It’s so revealing how Israelis keep begging Trump to end the killing in Gaza, because they understand that the US president has the power to force Israel to stop. It seems like Israelis understand this far better than Americans do.
Washington’s diplomacy on Gaza is held hostage by a domestic political narrative on Palestine that has long been divorced from reality and reason… Countries around the world no longer look to the US as a responsible actor…