The US administration’s relationship with Israel has resulted in it having to grapple with a crucial choice: saving lives or protecting financial interests.
On the one hand, it is experiencing increasing international isolation and tremendous internal pressure from protesters who have had enough of the country’s complicity in the massacre of Palestinian civilians. On the other, it is experiencing pressure from its military-industrial complex that is profiteering from the weapons being supplied to Israel and threats from its wealthy Zionist funders. The tension is causing it to vacillate on developments in Gaza.
The long-standing relationship between the US and Israel can be traced back to Woodrow Wilson’s endorsement of the