Why though? The ol "only democracy in ME" reason has gone due to Netanyahu's power grab. Israel is now no different than the surrounding autocratic Arab nations. They have no oil either. So, why support Israel?
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The majority of the reason: they are willing to work with the west.
Look at Saudi Arabia: Russia invaded Ukraine last year and cut gas exports to the west, claiming that Germans would freeze. What did Saudi Arabia do? They cut oil production and further drove up prices. Not only does that help Russia finance their invasion of Ukraine, it also made the German transition away from Russian gas more painful.
Israel is willing to work with the west, others aren't, therefore the west is willing to work with Israel.
Because the US government does not serve its citizens.
Evangelicals waiting for the end times so that they can take over the holy land.
Sure sucks having the government subvert the will of the people.
Gotta keep that war machine turning
This is the best summary I could come up with:
TEL AVIV, Oct 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Benjamin Netanyahu he understood on a personal level 'the harrowing echoes that Hamas' massacres carry for Israeli Jews' and Washington was at Israel's side, as he began a Middle East trip also aimed at containing the conflict.
From a podium next to the Israeli Prime Minister at the military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Thursday, Blinken urged Israel to show restraint in its retaliation, in his most detailed comments on the conflict so far, asking that it take every possible precaution to protect civilian life.
Washington's top diplomat embarked on a multi-country Middle East tour as Israel unleashes the most powerful bombing campaign in the 75-year history of its conflict with the Palestinians, vowing to annihilate Hamas - which rules the Gaza Strip - in retribution for the militants' weekend attacks.
He also offered an emotional, personal aside, recounting how his grandfather fled pogroms in Russia and his stepfather survived Nazi concentration camps.
Israel has vowed retribution for the deadliest attack on Jewish civilians in its history, when hundreds of Hamas gunmen poured across the barrier fence and rampaged through Israeli towns on Saturday.
A senior State Department official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Washington was working to advance talks on providing a safe passage to civilians, including around 500 to 600 Palestinian Americans resident in Gaza.
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