U.S. Policy Towards Israel

Since the creation of Israel in 1948, the United States has supported it financially with over 80 billion dollars in aid. American foreign policy towards Israel has been to maintain Israel’s superiority in the Middle East through military and financial aid. America’s uncritical and steadfast support of Israel is hypocritical when trying to establish peace; it has brought instability and radical anti-American hatred to the region and been a major cause of conflict. The United States has to reevaluate its policy toward Israel in order to pursue a fair and just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Palestinian- Israeli conflict is a complicated issue and requires a just mediator in order for a lasting peace to take root. In clearly choosing sides, the United States has lost that crucial impartiality it needs for the proposed “road map” to peace to become effective. As the ...