Can Israel Survive Without the USA? (Brussels Morning)
Channel: Sam Vaknin's Musings
Date: 2024-04-07

If the USA were to completely withdraw its military and diplomatic support for Israel, the Jewish state will survive, but only as a militarized pariah. 

Demographic trends in the West have rendered Muslims and even Arabs more electorally relevant than the Jews. This bodes ill for the Israelis.

In its hubris, Israel neglected its army, rendering it a paper tiger, a glorified militia with an air force. It also abandoned its defense industries and tolerated or even encouraged an abysmal brain drain. 

In view of this deranged American lability, it is shocking that Israel has allowed itself to become dependent on American armaments and willingly shunned all other geopolitical alternatives, such as Russia and China. 

Other allies of the USA – Saudi Arabia and Turkey, to mention but two - have been hedging their bets fervently. Israel’s addiction to American lucre and weapons system may well prove to be its undoing and definitely constitutes an existential risk.