What benefits does America gain from aiding Israel? ๐บ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฑ #USaid #IsraelAid #foreignpolicy
Trade Relations
– Israel offers valuable intelligence and military technology to the US in exchange for aid
– The two countries engage in significant trade partnerships that benefit both economies
Strategic Alliances
– Israel serves as a crucial ally in the Middle East, helping to safeguard US interests in the region
– This alliance strengthens America’s geopolitical position and security in the volatile Middle East
Innovation and Technology
– Israel is a global leader in technology and innovation, providing the US with cutting-edge advancements
– Collaboration with Israeli firms fosters technological advancements that benefit American industries
By supporting Israel, the US gains access to strategic alliances, trade opportunities, and technological advancements. This partnership not only enhances America’s national security but also promotes economic growth and innovation. #USIsraelRelations #ForeignPolicyBenefit
A strategic partner in the Middle East.
Gives us a strategic position in the mideast. Close to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia.
A key strategic ally in a region that famously is not very fond of the US and access to their intelligence network.
1. Financial and lobbying support for American politicians.
2. Much of the money is just immediately paid to American arms manufacturers. It’s just a way to funnel taxpayer money directly into corporations.
Israel is more than just a strategic ally in the Middle East. Israeli companies have operations in the United States and vice versa. As well they have designed the desalination process that we use in California to combat our water needs.
One thing that flies under the radar is that since at least the 90s, the US has been sending police officers and border patrol agents to Israel to participate in joint operations. Their stated goal is to learn counter terrorism tactics and ways to manage illegal immigration. However, the turmoil there has its advantages: Israel is a testing ground. The US sends its weapons and Israel tests them out subjugating the Palestinians and in squabbles with their neighbors. The equipment and tactics that prove effective then get adopted by US police forces to quell our own civil unrest.
In addition to the many comments on Israel being a crucial strategic partner and aircraft carrier in a dangerous region, it also is a huge source of scientific and technological advancements for humanity, and that has obvious benefits to the United States.
Their unsinkable aircraft carrier in the middle east.
Middle eastern hegemony.
And if you think Ukraine is any different, I’ve got some bad news for you. All these wars are about spheres of influence, all of them. I’m not saying Russia is right, but we wouldn’t be supplying Ukraine if we weren’t trying to exert our power globally and counter Russian influence. Anyone who thinks the US bases its military policy and aid decisions on purely moral considerations is seriously naรฏve.
I worked with a guy that went to Israel a couple times on business trips. He told me that he loved going to Israel because they love Americans there. My response was, โthey better.โ
Another one is American Business. The 3 billion we give them has stipulation that it has to be spent on American contracts. Itโs not a blank check they could hand to say China for goods. They buy stuff from us with it.
Someone to bomb Irans nuclear facilities whenever they get to far
According to the pastor at the church where I grew up, the USA is showered by God’s love and providence because of our support of Israel. Israel is also key to Jesus’ return during the end times which I hear will be any day now…
(I don’t believe any of this but it is a good summation of what I learned in church and what a lot of elected officials from the Evangelical spectrum seem to believe)
I think the misconception you’re having is that this is a hand out. It is contractual obligation for Israel to purchase us made weapons from the united states using that aid money. So it is a way of taking the money from your left pocket and putting it into your right pocket while increasing GDP and generating economical growth.
A nuclear-armed ally in the middle east
Israel is basically a beachhead-and a proving ground for advanced weapons systems (especially air defense).
A guarantee that Iran never gets nukes is a real part of it. The first thing Iran would do with a nuke is put it in a suitcase and blow up Tel Aviv, so it’s a red line for Israel that it never happens.
Israel will *probably* stop Iran from crossing the finish line with sabotage and assassinations, but will use military options if those fail. It’s an existential threat for them.
Itโs the wests last ditch for influence in that part of the world.
I’ll tell you one thing, most every tool insert in the shops I’ve worked in have come from Israel.
If you’re doing any CNC work wherever you are, check to see who is making your inserts cause I bet it’s Israel
The primary form of U.S. aid to Israel is U.S. taxpayers spending U.S. dollars in U.S. companies to dump U.S. weapons in Israel.
So, it serves as more of a domestic military-industrial stimulus package.
Outside of giving Boeing/Lockheed/Raytheon their cut, there are R&D benefits, like the Iron Dome anti-missile system, and, at least formerly, as a testing ground for American weaponry (e.g. the first F-15 kill came from an Israeli strike against a PLO target in Lebanon).
Additionally, Israel has its own military-industrial complex, and to the extent that the glut of American goods satisfies Israeli demand for weapons, their military-industrial complex isn’t given that work, which serves to weaken Israeli competitors in foreign sales against the American competitors.
So, kickbacks, trade protectionism, and a bit of R&D work.
Same reason the US makes most of its foreign policy decisions. Follow the moneytrail and it usually goes back to US corporations.
It’s a subsidy to the US military industrial complex.
A genocide buddy
As people have covered the Israeli side, ill mention that there are reasons beyond โits the right thing to doโ for Ukraine, a large one being that Ukraine is one of the biggest food producers on the planet, and has (arguably) the most fertile soil
Its a major stabilizing factor globally for example,
Prewar almost all of the UN food programs food was bought from Ukraine.
A destabilized Middle East. Seems to have been the goal for my entire life.
Israel will help when America starts their own genocide.
A lot of influential Americans hold religious beliefs that involve the existence of a Jewish Israel being a necessary precursor for the second coming of Jesus.
It’s stupid and frightening.
A war.
For a country that spends half its discretionary budget on defence and has not had a land incursion in nearly a century thatโs the most important thing to have.