What is Israel up to now? War crimes in Lebanon

Amy Goodman (DemocracyNow.org) MR; Ashley Wells, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The US-Israel relationship explained | Start Here

(Al Jazeera English) 12/3/23: The US has always been Israel’s most important ally. What’s behind their military relationship? What keeps it going? And why are some people questioning how it works?

#AJStartHere with @SandraGathmann explains.

• 00:59 - The US has supported Israel from the beginning
• 01:44 - Why the US supported Zionism
• 02:29 - The US and Israel’s “shared values”
• 03:27 - The US and Israel are strategic partners
• 04:07 - How the US and Israel’s strategic partnership developed during the Cold War
• 05:29 - The US gives Israel a lot of money for its military
• 07:25 - Being pro-Israel pays off politically in the US
• 07:51 - Why evangelical Christians in the US support Israel
• 08:34 - The influence of pro-Israel lobby groups like AIPAC
• 09:46 - Is the US the guarantor of Israeli impunity?
• 10:56 - Is the US-Israel alliance under pressure?

This episode features: David Tal - Israel Studies at the University of Sussex Khaled Elgindy - Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute Steven Simon - Senior Research Analyst at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Alex Gatopoulos - Al Jazeera Defence Editor Daniel Levy - President of the US/Middle East Project.

Check out our other Start Here episodes bit.ly/3o0BEIW. Al Jazeera is funded in whole or in part by the Qatari government. #AJStartHere #IsraelWar #IsraelArmy

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(The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder) Dec. 10, 2023: This isn't something to brag about. It's something of which to be ashamed.

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