There’s two reasons I could see the US supporting Israel regardless of who’s in charge: the logical one because it has historical precedent is that the US wants Israel as a buffer for Russia due to it’s strategic location in the Middle-East, and the other reason is more conspiracy theory but I wouldn’t be surprised if the US can somehow get access to Palestine’s oil if Israel beats the shit out of the Hamas.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 year ago

Or third, Israel has invested a lot in American politics after Eisenhower used American economic power against Israeli allies in the Suez Crisis, seeing that it needed to be on good terms with at least one super power and the USA seemed like the more natural fit. This includes going as far as supporting any primary challenger that pledges Israeli support.

It was either that or go the way of its apartheid nuclear buddy, South Africa.

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Palestine doesn't have any oil. There's some offshore deposits in the Mediterranean but Israel already has full access to those.