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Is Israel losing its support? Hasn't quantifiable monetary support towards Israel been growing for decades? Just look at the list of US allies and the kind of

Is Israel losing its support? Hasn't quantifiable monetary support towards Israel been growing for decades? Just look at the list of US allies and the kind of laws they pass, think of Arabia Saudi, a good US ally that had been tormenting Yemen for years now. Is the US population clamoring to stop collaboration with this country? Of course not, most people wouldn't know the first thing about this. I think sometimes we overestimate how much governments are willing to do just because people are not fine with it, assuming they actually have any understanding of what's going on. And if you meant moral support by the citizens of other countries I'm not sure how much Israel cares about that.

mandmandam 5y ago
> if you meant moral support by the citizens of other countries I'm not sure how much Israel cares about that. They care a lot. That's why they try so hard to counter pro-Palestinian sentiment with full-time paid propagandists, threat campaigns, media campaigns, smear campaigns, political bribes, getting people fired, attacking students and groups that support Palestine, throwing shit-fits at growing BDS campaigns, etc, etc, etc... Yes, the US population is similarly quiet on the SA front - that's neither accidental or natural. Even then, it's crumbling. > Hasn't quantifiable monetary support towards Israel been growing for decades? Globally speaking, the US govt haven't really been on the side of the 'good guys' for decades. Realizing that, it doesn't make all that much sense to use their funding of evil regimes as any sort of justification, or reflection of the will of the general populace.