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A growing chorus of voices—from the American left and right—now calls Israel “a liability.” They say it's time to walk away. Are they right? Or is Israel an indispensable ally? Michael Doran, Director of the Middle East Center at the Hudson Institute, confronts this controversy.
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Is Israel a Liability?
Presented by Michael Doran
A growing chorus of voices—from the American left and right—now calls Israel “a liability.”
They say it's time to walk away.
They call this "foreign policy realism."
In fact, it's the opposite.
Israel remains America’s indispensable ally.
Here are five reasons why.
One: The Neighborhood
In geopolitics, as in real estate, three considerations are paramount: location, location, location.
The Middle East holds 48% of the world’s oil reserves and produces nearly a third of its supply.
Some assert that renewables are making oil irrelevant. Not in our lifetimes.
Oil fuels industries. Oil fuels militaries. And oil is priced globally.
Shocks in the Middle East hit the U.S. economy—directly.
Others say America’s own energy boom makes the region irrelevant. That is shortsighted.
What happens in the Middle East doesn’t stay in the Middle East. It moves markets, shakes alliances, and draws in hostile powers.
He who controls the Middle East controls the crossroads of the global economy.
Israel is America’s fortress at that crossroads.
Two: Containing Iran
Critics claim that Israel entangles America with Iran.
This is a profound misunderstanding.
Since its birth in 1979, the Islamic Republic has branded America the “Great Satan” and Israel the “Little Satan.”
Everything Iran does, it does with that
