I disagree that Israel is our "best" ally.
I’ve outlined this history before, but it bears repeating in the current moment:
The government of Israel has done HORRIBLE things to the United States over the years. For example, during the 1950’s, the Mossad plotted to bomb American facilities overseas and blame them on their enemies (such as the Egyptians). This is known as the Lavon Affair. In 1967, during the Six-Day War, the IDF attacked the U.S.S. Liberty, an American vessel, and killed 34 Americans sailors and wounded 171. The Israelis claimed it was an accident, but the circumstances surrounding the attack were DEEPLY suspicious and members of the U.S. government and the commander of the Liberty always believed it was deliberate. In the 1980’s, Jonathan Pollard, a Jewish-American who worked as a counter-terrorism analyst for the U.S. Navy, handed over THOUSANDS of top-secret national security documents to the Israelis in exchange for money and jewels. The Israelis later turned over many of these documents to the Soviet Union in exchange for allowing the emigration of Soviet Jews to the Jewish State. Furthermore, the Israelis hailed the traitor Pollard as a national hero and tried to pressure a number of American presidents into releasing him from federal prison until Obama finally did. During the 2000’s, there was another Israeli spy scandal involving AIPAC.
Mark