(Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies-Bar-Ilan University) Hillel Frisch - Many believe that U.S. financial and military support for Israel harms American interests. Yet only 5% of total U.S. exports are purchased by the 21 states in the Middle East and North Africa. Moreover, only 1% of investments in the U.S. economy are made by Middle East investors, while investors in the U.S. are not particularly keen on investing in the Middle East. Thus, the conviction that the U.S. relationship with Israel harms America's interests is a myth. The writer is a professor of political studies and Middle East studies at Bar-Ilan University and a senior research associate at the BESA Center.
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