If US stop giving money to Israel, Israelis can threaten to stop lending money to US citizens.
I'm sure some Israelis lend money to US citizens, but do you have any hard facts to support the implicit claim that it's more important than not losing the swing vote from the
Israel lobby?
I'm from Israel, just before you hear my kindof biased view on things,
IMO, The US really doesn't benefit as much as it did from Israel in past year, bad PR and the movement of organizations such as hamas from doing less terror now and more brainwashing propaganda can be "blamed", ofc, people who live in the US should remember that financial aid isn't given freely, a large percentage of the money can only be spent on US markets, its money the US gives Israel so we could buy weapons from american companies, another huge chunk of the money goes to development, the US has received numerous weapon technologies from Israel in the past 40 years, plus, Israel is a strategical ally to the US.
I do support the founding of a Palestinian state, but to whomever is aware of the details, a return the 1967 is unacceptable and pretty much impossible for Israel, considering some facts like the huge amount of population that lie in clusters beyond the green line, and the fact that the 1967 borders are as stated more than once by Benjamin Netanyahu, indefensible.
Its not absurd to assume a war scenario when all the arab states around Israel attack(6 Day war,Yom Kippur,its not like it hasn't happened before) and its important for Israel to defend itself as a independent country, something that organizations like Hamas refuse to acknowledge.
anyway, if anyone wants to discuss in details, PM me, i don't keep track of topics.