The US has always been Israel’s most important ally. What’s behind the relationship? What keeps it going? And why are some people questioning how it works? #AJStartHere with @SandraGathmann explains.
00:59 – The US has supported Israel from the beginning
01:44 – Why the US supported Zionism
02:29 – The US and Israel’s “shared values”
03:27 – The US and Israel are strategic partners
04:07 – How the US and Israel’s strategic partnership developed during the Cold War
05:29 – The US gives Israel a lot of money for its military
07:25 – Being pro-Israel pays off politically in the US
07:51 – Why evangelical Christians in the US support Israel.
08:34 – The influence of pro-Israel lobby groups like AIPAC
09:46 – Is the US the guarantor of Israeli impunity?
10:56 – Is the US-Israel alliance under pressure?
This episode features:
David Tal – Israel Studies at the University of Sussex
Khaled Elgindy – Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute
Steven Simon – Senior Research Analyst at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Alex Gatopoulos – Al Jazeera Defence Editor
Daniel Levy – President of the US / Middle East Project
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Middle East picked up a fight which they are bound to lose..
I love Israel
As a Bible follower, Israel is at heart. Many times Israelites were chased from that land and they came back. Even this recent one was long foretold in the Bible. It is funny how you say it as if Israelites are foreign to that land
USA worship israel.
No more $3.8 billion BLANK CHECK to Israel. This $$$ should go to American Healthcare, Higher Education, feed and House the Homeless.
Blank cheque … that is what Germany gave to Austria.
black rock getting all the money because they are the one selling weapon
is it 51st star in union jack??
You can explain how much you want but that doesn’t mean its the truth. Complicated topics like this one should be told by neutral sources and not by stakeholders.
ISRAEL is a former nation in the holy scriptures .. this “Israel” seems a different state ..💡💡💡
USA is the central command of world t*errorism.
Fact: Veto against ceasefire in Palestine.
Long live palastine
Good coverage here but If Texas was Russia we’d sadly do the same. America has done some dirt and we’d do it again for ourselves.
I do think anytime we give money we need strings attached to how it’s spent.
The bigger issue is Palestinians don’t even want to be governed by Hamas right? How would Hamas be dismantled without this war if the people haven’t been able to get rid of them? To me this is an opportunity for them to be freed after. Now how will the people create a proper government after this? But once they have a proper, reasonable government 20-50yrs from now there should be no reason Israel needs to lock them down and worry about a take over.
just say that there’s a whole bunch of jews in the US in influential political and economical and corporate positions. that’s it. video ends.
The US does not give money to Israel, the US invests money in Israel.
And US citizens benefit from this investment. It’s all about interests.
Actually Gaza gets a lot more in aid as did Ukraine but nothing is said about that.
Israel is receiving 4 billion dollars from Germany every year .
American politicians are encouraging the world for Zionism . Zionism philosophy should establish in usa .
Candle light at the edge . Original Americans can think twice.
One solution….help all those “gods chosen people” to heaven..to paradise…..help them on their way….make them happy
I know it’s going to be a biased video I’ll watch it anyway for the kicks.
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One thing that was left out. Arab states attacked ganged up against Israel in 1948 as they rejected 2-nation theory. Now after having lost they play the victom card by asking at least for a 2-nation theory. That shows hypocrisy of Arabs and obviously Al-Jazeera, the mouth piece of anything that promotes Satanism.
Free 🇵🇸 PALESTINE
Funny how this doesn’t mention that the Jews were first driven from their land by the Palestinians and displaced before them regrouping with the Zionist movement and declaring themselves a state in 1948 in what used to be their homeland..good to see how the narrative is being pushed..
I used to support Israel until I read the history. What they did to Palestinians is just downright wrong.
Please read your Koran. It refers to Jews as the children of Israel. Awkward isn’t it?
They feel sympathy for them in 1948 but still don’t except them in their own country maybe they their know about their leach behaviour 🤔
Why not 3$ billion to Palestinians?
Cz It’s money…
The one who is stronger will do more injustice and will pretend to be a victim to people, asking for sympathy.
Again, the law is not the law for him who insists. He is above the law. Law is only for the weak.
Israel owns America
Interesting how after mentioning how deep the strategic interests are for the United States in this relationship, the only actual benefit that was skimmed over was that Israel “shares intel” with the US.
Many countries share Intel with the US and vice versa. So what is the actual strategic benefit the US gets from this relationship?
It ends up to the Israel lobby funding political careers or the big corporations forcing to support Isreal.
US-Israel explained in a sentence: (Israel) 🍆🍑 (US). There, i saved someone out there 12 min of their life. You’re welcome.
Palestine-Israel explained in a sentence: (Israel) 🍆🍑 (Palestine)
Russia 🇷🇺 attacked Ukraine 🇺🇦 and people in the west lost their mind , Israel 🇮🇱 killed 16000 woman and children’s , some how USA 🇺🇸 supports Israel 🇮🇱, hypocrisy
Next is Qatar – terrorists relationship
wtf is another state of U$A is doing in middle east.
Amerika siz insanlığın düşmanısınız dünya barışına zarar veriyorsunuz işgalci İsrail’i destekleyerek o toprakların gerçek sahiplerini Öldürüyorsunuz Allah sizi kahretsin
Bebek Katili Amerika ve İsrail Allah sizi cezalandıracak
AIPAC with its money/media is the single most important reason
Nothing is complicated this country is for palatine
See what USAID has been doing behind the scenes 👀
Israel is illegitimate child of west
israel is humiliating arabs once again!
This exposes alot about intention of groups, they support in different countries in the name of human rights.
Israhell owns the US. No Us president could be a US president unless they are enslaved by the Israhelli lobbyists. Aipac rules the US without being elected.
I stand with Palestine 🇵🇸
I wonder what would happen if the US pulls out its support for Israel?
sympathy for Jews?SHARED VALUES? SAD jokes.Zionists do not believe in God and human values.
Jews are better than mullas
Yes, this analysis seems right but the problem is Palestinians have used the same strategy over and over again failing and this is because despite their mistreatment they also desire destruction of Isreal instead of focusing on building a network that wud benefit USA, chatting death to Americans, throwing stones, rockets only serves to build Isreal and USA relationship stronger.
Such good information!
The United States of America stands with Israel always gods nation till the end of time
Israel get’s 3.8 billion of my money every year as part of a “deal” signed in 2008. What deal? What do we get? What do I get? Give me back my money you elitist tyrants.
Let’s do Jordan next
All democracy’s support Israel
Why does history stop at the Balfour accord? That land was Turkish for 800 years before that.
Also, no one mentions the USS Liberty
America 🇺🇸 is a Gun, well regulated militia for Israel.. For Making Zionist Dream for Building 3rd Temple Demolishing Masjid AlAqsa…. In Simple Words.. Day 3rd Temple comes into Existence Is Prophecy of Holy Bible and Holy Quran it’s the Start of End Days
USA AND ISRAEL IS TERRIOST COUNTY IN THEY WORLD 🌎
Muhammad was biggest terrorist
very well done documentary…would have never been able to see something similar on CNN
Israel haters. Shame on you. Egypt get money from US too.
The mask is off
The trope is true
Now we can all see
The self chosen few
… US IS GUILTY OF GENOCIDE !
Ages ago, Israel belongs to jews,then they(Palestinians) came and occupy their land.
Now jews are recapturing their land….
Americans are being slaves to Israelis without their knowledge.A person in US is homeless because he didn’t paid money so Israelis could enjoy being the one.
The only democracy in the middle East
Now talk about how Iran is funding money and weapons to Iran.
We dont need any explanations from the propaganda machine of a human rights violating country 😂
So much seriousness to spread a propaganda 🎉
Wel… Israel isn’t bound by US legislation and they’re not in the EU. Aaaanddd they do a lot of surveillance and military tech for the US, so you do the math!
Why did 85.88% of dwellers of Gaza and the West Bank choose to be governed by terrorist organisations? I don’t know. Why did they choose to side with Hitler? The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini, for example, “was granted honorary Aryan” status by the Nazis for his close collaboration with Hitler and the Third Reich. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini, for example, “was granted honorary Aryan” status by the Nazis for his close collaboration with Hitler and the Third Reich. Amin al-Husseini led 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine and other actions. Meantime, approximately 1.5 million Jews, including special units of Jews from Eretz Israel serving in the British Army, fought in the Allied armies and contributed to the defeat of the Nazis and their allies which is why the Brits promised them independence and they kept their word. Sometimes you have to choose if you are standing with a free world or not. If you are watching this news, I guess you are not living in a place like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain or Egypt which block Al Jazeera in a crackdown on civic freedoms. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, aid to Palestinians totalled over $40 billion just in the period between 1994 and 2020. With that kind of money, the Arabs there should be living in paradise. The irony is that the Arabs, not the Jews, are the worst enemies of the Arabs. There is a strong Arab community of Arabs living in peace and thriving in Israel. I think it’s time that the world stops sponsoring terrorism and the Arabs in Gaza and the West Bank receive not just economic support but the education and guidance they need, which seems to be only possible if Israelis stay in these zones to oversee the reforms. I think that authoritarian rulers may be actually afraid to see Arabs flourishing in a democratic state- liberal, free-thinking citizens are the worst threat to their power
both of these governments have their hands in red with palestinian blood….
Long live israel❤❤❤❤, say no to islamic terrorism!! Islam is spreading hatred and violence everywhere
The perfect lies are half truths. This is a perfect example of that. I was pretty much expecting but it’s nice to be reaffirmed. First point – Palestinians were displaced as well as Jews from other Arab countries. Please take a look on how many Jews lived in arms countries before the creation of Israel and after. Second point – the quotation marks around shared values. That one is just ridiculous…
The american natives share the same destiny with the Palestinians. They were killed, tortured and their land was stolen by (what nowdays these people call themselves) Americans. The US, for decades is being governed by sadists, just like Kissinger and Albright, that have blood of millions of people on their hands.
Get these boomers out of office and then maybe you would have a better world. All they have managed to do in their time is collect massive amount of wealth and cause pain to the rest of the world and cause massive division so pathetic.
The US won’t let Iran take over the Middle East
US – Harry Truman was the first one / country to recognise, Israel, Sandra?
Yeeaah, Tim… in 11 hrs flat, Harry Truman – US recognised the birth of Israel….!
And why was that Sandra?
Why do u think, Harry responded super quick, Tim? as if?
As if what? as if he was racing a 100 mtrs sprint in an Olympics?
One more clue, Tim? 1948! why was 1948 soooh significant… in history… Tim..?
U see Sandra, where US, Gr Britain, French, Germans & Stalins Russoz are involved, stirring n / or shaking a heady cocktail each n every year is historically significant….!
And yet… 1948…Harry Truman faces elections against the favourite Republican Nyork Governor?
but why did he win?
Blacks voted surpassing any n every expectations, in an unprecedented numbers in his favour….
And what hapoened nxt…? What did Harry Truman do?
July 26 : Executive order 9981 – de seggregation in the US Army passed by the WH….!
July 28 – Around 200 die in an explosion at a chemical plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
And nxt day – July 29th ( to Aug 14th) London Olympics begin….
11 th Olympic games – 12 yrs after the earlier 1936 – Berlin Olympics !!!
And yet Sandra, why’s 1948 one of the most significant year in history?
Bcoz Israel came into being on 14th May, 1948?
Besides that, George Orwell wrote his best seller of the century – 1984 – forecasting, predicting cent per cent accurately ( far better accuracy than the BMW certified Indian predictor astrologers!!!) dystopian future / decades to come….
But why did he settle upon 1984 title, Sandra?
Don’t hv time for these childish trivia quizes, Tim….
Only what u talk is profound eehh? and rest is all trivia, juvenile?
Okkaay i don’t know Tim.. will think n come up with a profound reslinse, okaaay ?
Who else recognised Israel, at once, Sandra? Certainly it was not US – Harry Truman alone?
There were quite a lot of countries, others too….
Arab – Islamic countries?
Okaaay… let’s see now…. Iran was one… then Turkey was another….
And when did the “largest democracy – experiment country recognise, Israel, Sandra?
Oooh u mean India?
I suppose it was in late 1950….
Why such a long delay, Sandra?
Was it bcoz Iran & Turkey were among the first to recognise Israel?
And…?
And the Kashmir issue sent to the UN by Lord Mountbatten & his darling blue eyed – advisors in the South – M syndicate besides the G & H syndicate!!!
G & H, Tim?
Goa & Nizam – Hyderabad !!!!
above all the 8 member Bombay club -!!!
But we’re talkin of the very very special n strategic US – Israel relationship…. let’s focus on that for now…. okaaay…!
The only true country in the middle east god bless Israel
It’s all about money & zionist lobbyist
So biased! If you are getting your information about Jews from AJ then clearly you choose to hate.
Its boolshite
It is important to recognize the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum.
People who are subjected to apartheid ways, will always have the “will” to Fight.
US killed the victim and went to his funeral ,
Us is the head of terrorism
5:45
Hugely misleading/false. Obama didn’t sign a brand new deal for $3.8B in military aid, the deal was created in 1999 for 10 years at $2.67B, it was renewed at $3M in 2009 under Obama and raised to $3.8B in 2019 under Trump
Obama neither created it or made it $3.8B per year, if anything if what you say is true, he just stopped economic aid
You’re trying to make it sound like Obama started this support to Israel, when in fact by your words he decreased it by decreasing the economic aspect of the aid (I havnt fact checked you there just taking your word for it)
In this new shifting middle east dynamic Israel becomes more crucial than it was during cold war for US, with China-iran nexus, growing trade between Saudi and China, China influence over choke pts in Persian gulf, US amd nato will need Israel to balance it out, also ambition of getting Ben gurion canal to find alternative to suez is also is in US interest, lobby of powerful Jews community back home all add upto to unconditional support for Israel, US will hardly loose anything for not give 2 cent to non relevant Palestinian
Jews were already living in Mandatory Palestine before 1948. Jews are as indigenous to Israel as the Arabs who later became known as Palestinians. The Arab countries surrounding Israel attacked Israel and lost, and somehow Israel is being punished for establishing its independence. All of this happened in the wake of the Holocaust. The United States did not meet its quota for taking in Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. By turning them away, it had a hand in the deaths of many Jews who were fleeing the Nazis. It supported the State of Israel in part due to its failure to protect Jews at their most vulnerable moment. I am thankful for President Biden standing with Israel during this time. Many think that Israel is acting and killing indiscriminately following the October 7th attacks. Critics say this is the product of Israel’s right-wing government and the United States’ condoning of Israel’s actions due to its own self-interest. But these people fail to condemn Hamas with as much vigor; if Hamas released the hostages, this would be over. Israel is supposed to roll over and allow Hamas to carry out such heinous attacks on its people? Hamas continues to execute terrorist attacks and rocket attacks. There was a terrorist attack at a bus stop during the ceasefire. This is not to say the lives of Palestinians do not matter, but the IDF does what it can to warn and aid Palestinians during this time of WAR. Hamas is to blame for how little it does to help the people it purportedly governs. Hamas puts its people in harm’s way. Who was criticizing the U.S. during its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq for its treatment of civilians when it was attacking its enemies? We were more concerned for American soldiers than anyone else. War is an awful thing, but Israel cannot negotiate with a terrorist entity like Hamas.
Thank you for the wonderful of sharing this history. Maybe I need to know more about it.
It’s all about 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
US and Israel are only becons of Hypocrisy!
Neither of them is a democracy…
USS Liberty.
That’s all you need to know.
Israel 😍😍😍
Jewish people are God is chosen people this is fact okay