NOT IN AMERICA’S INTEREST: Why Unconditional Support for Israel is Bad for America, and Bad for Americans
This paper critically assesses how the U.S. continues to disregard international law, alienate allies, and jeopardize our national security interests for unqualified support for Benjamin Netanyahu’s extremist government.
America’s unconditional support for Israel harms our global standing and influence.
- When America expresses our values to the world, and then acts in a way that is contrary to those values, we damage our reputation, lose credibility, and create opportunities for our adversaries to exploit.
- America’s blind support for Israel is destabilizing the Middle East.
- By protecting Israel from accountability, America is tearing apart the very rules-based international order that generations of Americans have worked to build in our interest.
- Our inability to curb Israel’s violations projects weaknesses to both our partners and adversaries.
America’s unconditional support for Israel harms our national security.
- U.S. military assistance and operational support to Israel are a critical drain on U.S. national defense resources.
- America is risking and sacrificing the lives of our service members for the benefit of a foreign country that has shown it is willing to go against America’s interests.
- Binding America to Israel’s actions places our nation at unnecessary risk.
- Because many are too afraid to have an honest conversation, we’ve created a blind spot in our national security.
America’s unconditional support for Israel harms Americans at home.
- We’re sending billions to Israel while our own needs go unaddressed.
- Our broken political debate on Israel functions as an accelerant for anti-democratic forces at home.
- When we send arms and funding to Israel without conditions, we break American laws and fail to protect American citizens.
- Our broken politics on Israel results in real and growing damage to our nation’s social fabric and undermines long-cherished civil rights.
- The ultimate price of the disconnect between our politicians and our interests is the loss of faith in our electoral democracy and the perception that U.S. foreign policy is for sale.