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

Chomsky's Philosophy · 7.2M views · 2016-07-02 · 7:41

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A short clip of Noam Chomsky explaining why the United States supports Israel, framing it in terms of strategic interests and foreign policy. It is posted by a channel that collects his talks.

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Used as a source for the argument that US support for Israel is systematic and strategic, and for Chomsky's view of Palestine as resistance to colonialism.

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Geopolitics & foreign policy US politics & elections

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lr0 · 2026-06 · Reference
The US "obsession" with Israel is not "random" or arbitrary at all, it's quite systematic and there are so much literature on that. [LINK] [VIDEO] [Why the US. supports Israel / Noam Chomsky]
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helixfelix · 2024-01 · Reference
> "Hamas is playing the land grab card against Israel". What do you mean by that? Comparing Russia with Hamas seems like a massive distortion of reality, not sure you meant to do that. Israel is occupying internationally recognized Palestinian lands of West Bank and a blockade on Gaza. Just yesterday the Israeli foreign minister suggested sending Israeli settlers into Gaza illegally and drive Palestinians out for good. Hamas is a terrorist organization, who kills civilians, but let's not pretend that the IDF is any better. And the US is a colonial power of the 20th and 21st century. It just hasn't done it the same way as the Europeans of 17,18th,19th century, mostly because there are different tools available now: culture export, dependence on oil, dollar as reserve currency, global free trade, and the rise of corporations. Noan Chomsky says the issue of Palestine is resistance against colonialism. [1] [2] [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK]
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abalone · 2019-02 · Reference
The idea that an "all-powerful small ethnic Jewish lobby" can trick the corporate elite of America for decades to do things against their interests is, putting aside its anti-semitic implications, utterly ridiculous. It is a way of deflecting blame away from the U.S. government itself.[1] The strategic interests are obvious: Israel is one of the largest military powers in the middle east and a means to project U.S. power over it. This was observed by the Pentagon as early as the late 1940s.[2] This is why the U.S. has given so much financial, military and diplomatic aid to Israel, one of the effects of which has been to build up its tech industry. [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO]
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