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- September 3, 2024
- 2:29 pm
- World News
September 3, 2024 at 1:57 PM The United States supported Israel during the Cold War to counter Soviet influence in the region. Today, the Russians are still very much present in the Middle East, but their influence has become less significant.
For a long time, stable oil markets were the main reason for US support for Israel, but this is changing as the US has become the largest oil producer on the planet.
Of course, Israel also continues to help the US on many important political issues in the region. But sometimes this is not enough, considers Ward Cummings is an opinion writer for The Hill.
The US has suffered serious losses from its relationship with Israel, not only financially but also humanly. US support for Israel was one of the main reasons for the September 11, 2001, attacks, for which al-Qaeda was blamed.
Now experts are worried about the growing possibility of attacks on the United States in the region. American intelligence experts warn of the risk that Hezbollah militants from Lebanon could strike Americans in the Middle East, all the way to the United States.
In 2016, the United States and Israel signed a new Memorandum of Understanding on military assistance worth $38 billion for the period 2018-2028, including grants for the purchase of military equipment and a missile defense system.
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