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The Real U.S.-Israel Relationship
(New York Jewish Week) Editorial - The recent news item "U.S. to Double Weapons Stockpile in Israel," which Israel would be allowed to use in a military emergency, highlights the yawning gap between what we read on a daily basis about a U.S.-Israel relationship that is always on the verge of unraveling, and the everyday reality of two countries with critical interests in common and a growing nexus of relationships for collaborating and cooperating. In an increasingly perilous world, the U.S. and Israel have more shared interests than ever before. Israel has long been on the front lines in the battle between lawless terrorists and the civilized world. In the post-9/11 era, America, too, has become a target, and cooperation between the two allies grows stronger by the day. Despite periodic differences over the best route to Israeli-Palestinian peace, Israel remains our most reliable and important friend in the region, a fact U.S. strategic planners understand with a clarity uncolored by breathless headlines.