cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/33488629
By MEE staff
Published date: 18 July 2025 20:59 BSTHardline America Firster and staunch Trump supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene voted alongside progressive Democrat Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar to strip Israel of $500m in US funding, hours after it bombed the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza.
The House of Representatives, however, rejected in a 422-6 vote on Thursday, to cut funding for the Israeli Cooperative Program - an agreement through which the US provides Israel with $500m to boost its missile programmes.
It is a separate allocation from the $3.3bn the US sends Israel as “security assistance” every year.
Government sources indicate that the US really only imports from two Middle Eastern countries: Iraq and Saudi Arabia. I don’t see how either of those countries would be particularly displeased if the US cuts off Israel.
Israel is a useless ally. They just hold their hands out for American money and don’t seem to provide anything in return other than bad press. Maybe you could make an argument that Israel’s position is beneficial for regional stability, but I don’t see why other countries couldn’t fill that role. There is no shortage of strongmen in the Middle East. Yeah, they’re the “oNlY deMocRaCy iN tHe MiddLe EasT” but that means nothing if their electorate always just votes for politicians who want to massacre their neighbours.
Israel isn’t just a useless ally. They’re a fucking liability as an ally. America is like the 7ft tall 300lb quite guy in the hoodie standing in the corner, and Israel is his 5’2 ‘friend’ who gets constant handouts, but acts like a complete dick hole to everyone and provokes fights that they can’t win on their own.
Israel is a fucking mistake made possible by the compromises and lack of foresight post WW2.
This is not at all a critique on the Jewish faith, just on the nation of Israel
I think you missed the point with my post, which is fair since the way I said it doesn’t look like criticism.
Israel itself is useless. We only support it as a foothold into the middle east. As you said, anybody else could theoretically fill that role, but the reality of it is that much of the middle east hates the United States. If we lose Israel, America would have to spend a lot more to regain that foothold.
To make it perfectly clear, I am in agreement that the United States should drop them as an ally and leave the middle east alone altogether.