Why Does the U.S. Support Israel ? | Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky on Why Does the U.S. Support Israel? : ​ why does the united states support #israel ? well there’s a history and a very interesting one that actually goes back to goes back a long time one thing to remember is that christian zionism is a very powerful force which goes back long before jewish zionism in england particularly christian zionism was a powerful force among british elites it’s part of the motivation for the balfour declaration and for britain’s support for jewish colonization of israel remember the bible said you know and that’s a big part of british elite culture same in the united states woodrow wilson was a devout christian who read the bible every day so did harry truman in the roosevelt administration one of the leading officials harold ickes once described the return of the jews to #palestine as the greatest event in history it’s realizing the lesson of the bible these are deeply religious countries in which the biblical commands so-called are