Should the Us Support Israel
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Running head: CRITICAL ANALYSIS: SHOULD THE US SUPPORT ISRAEL?
Critical Analysis: Should the US Support Israel?
University of Phoenix
Critical Analysis: Should the US Support Israel?
When the State of Israel was first established in 1948, the United States (US) recognized the government of the new Jewish homeland thereby welcoming her into the family of nations (Geselbracht, 1997). From then until now, the US has been a consistent ally and staunch supporter of Israel, providing financial aid, weapons for defense, and political validation without fail. Consequently, since then and until now, a debate has raged among numerous countries, political and religious factions, and even everyday American citizens about whether or not the US should support Israel as it has and as it does today. Any conversation on the topic can result in a variety of arguments based in religious or moral beliefs, financial sensibilities, political differences, and more. The complexity of the situation in the Middle East as a whole and Israel in particular is deep and seems never-ending, and depending upon the opinion being considered, is also connected on various levels. World terrorism, oil dominance and control, American imperialism, and even anti-Semitism all seem to find their ways into the debate from time to time. In researching both sides of the debate regarding whether or not the US should support Israel, two things become immediately clear. First, finding two articles that take positions in direct opposition to each other, countering point by point, is nearly impossible due to the deep complexity of the argument and the layers of intellectual and emotional passion devoted to the subject. While many seemingly opposing positions connect on one or two points, there seem to be endless nuances that color opinions on the subject and tend to disconnect whole articles from each other much more definitively than they connect those articles to each other. Second,...
Critical Analysis: Should the US Support Israel?
University of Phoenix
Critical Analysis: Should the US Support Israel?
When the State of Israel was first established in 1948, the United States (US) recognized the government of the new Jewish homeland thereby welcoming her into the family of nations (Geselbracht, 1997). From then until now, the US has been a consistent ally and staunch supporter of Israel, providing financial aid, weapons for defense, and political validation without fail. Consequently, since then and until now, a debate has raged among numerous countries, political and religious factions, and even everyday American citizens about whether or not the US should support Israel as it has and as it does today. Any conversation on the topic can result in a variety of arguments based in religious or moral beliefs, financial sensibilities, political differences, and more. The complexity of the situation in the Middle East as a whole and Israel in particular is deep and seems never-ending, and depending upon the opinion being considered, is also connected on various levels. World terrorism, oil dominance and control, American imperialism, and even anti-Semitism all seem to find their ways into the debate from time to time. In researching both sides of the debate regarding whether or not the US should support Israel, two things become immediately clear. First, finding two articles that take positions in direct opposition to each other, countering point by point, is nearly impossible due to the deep complexity of the argument and the layers of intellectual and emotional passion devoted to the subject. While many seemingly opposing positions connect on one or two points, there seem to be endless nuances that color opinions on the subject and tend to disconnect whole articles from each other much more definitively than they connect those articles to each other. Second,...