U.S Policy

U.S Policy with Israel and Its Effects on Middle East



U.S POLICY WITH ISRAEL AND ITS EFFECTS ON MIDDLE EAST

Introduction

Israel - United States relations are a vital factor in the United States government's overall policy in the Middle East. The United States Congress directs significant importance on the maintenance of a close and family relationship with Israel. The main expression of Congressional support for Israel has been foreign aid, with Israel being the largest recipient of US aid from 1976 to 2004; Aid to Israel has been passed by aid to Iraq, following the 2003 invasion. Congress monitors this aid nearly, along with other issues in bilateral relations. Congressional concerns have involved different administrations' policies over the last 60 years. (Mearsheimer, 2007)

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For more than three decades, Israel has been the largest recipient of American foreign aid; it now gets at least $3 billion per year, though another assessment would location the number nearer to $4.3 billion. Beyond that, the Israeli state has long enjoyed the benefit of unconditional diplomatic backing from the United States. (Mearsheimer, 2007)

Influence of an "Israel Lobby" On U.S. Politics

The leverage of an Israel lobby on U.S. politics occasionally looks like a tail wagging the dog. For decades now, Israel has been part of the American international system. Supporting and keeping safe it - often in hostile attenuating factors - has been one of the more forthright ways of projecting U.S. power on the world stage. And power conceives its own concerns, which then have to be looked after. (Mearsheimer, 2007)

Israel's Support

Support of Israel as a key ally of the cold war grew in the late 1950s and 1960s, such as Syria and Egypt in particular drifted toward the Soviet Union, feeling that the United States would not be in their direction. During this period, the cost of American Jews was minimal. The majority of support came from the Israel lobby in the form of high-level and military cooperation against the spread of Nasserism. Nasser popularity outside Egypt is a real possibility of Arab unity, which can lead to great power in the Middle East that would be an alliance with the Soviet Union and cause a huge shift in the cold war balance of power. Even more scary superpower in mind (for example, the United States and Soviet Union), the Arab unity can be an independent oil resources, creating a significant new player on the world stage, capable of playing baseball with the big boys. There is currently no support for any serious political movement of Palestinians. The Palestinians are people whose substance with maps has never been discussed in any case in the United States (or most other world discourse, random, vague references to refugees? who do not have another name but although attention is on the Middle East, ...