The Jewish Virtual Library asserts that “The U.S.-Israel relationship is based on the twin pillars of shared values and shared interests. Given this commonality of interests and beliefs, it should not be surprising that support for Israel is one of the most pronounced and consistent foreign policy values of the American people.”
The Yemeni Houthis, who have been defending the innocent civilians in Gaza by attempting to seal off the Red Sea during the Israeli genocide, said last week that the U.S. Air Force carried out its deadliest bombing in Yemen since the war started...
Syria announced Monday that an Israeli airstrike on a copper plant in Aleppo killed several people, the second such attack in less than a week.
U.S. President Joe Biden addressed the U.S. on Friday about the ongoing war in Gaza and threw his support behind an Israeli deal that would possibly result in a permanent ceasefire and a return of the Israeli hostages still in Hamas’s possession.
A veteran State Department official resigned from her post last week over the Biden administration’s decision to lie to Congress about Israel’s effort to prevent food from entering into Gaza.
Multiple news outlets in the U.S. reported last week that Israel used U.S.-provided weapons to carry out its deadly strike on a Rafah tent encampment that killed at least 45 and injured hundreds.
Israel’s two most outspoken ultra-religious extremists Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir rejected the most recent ceasefire proposal that would assure the release of hostages, stating that they will dissolve the government if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to such a proposal.
The largest protest in Israel since the start of the war with Gaza took place on Saturday in Tel Aviv, with demonstrators demanding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agree to a ceasefire deal that would bring home the 125 hostages still in Hamas possession.
Massive protests broke out in major cities around the world on Monday after Israel bombed a refugee camp in Rafah—killing at least 45 and injuring nearly 200—in one of the most horrific strikes since the start of the war and two days after the International Court of Justice banned Israel from carrying out its full-scale in the southern city.
Judging by developments over the past several weeks, it would appear that nothing going on in Washington matters quite as much as defending Israel no matter what the Jewish state does.