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Source: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/morning-glory-among-americas-allies-israel-first-among-equals
Among America's Allies, the U.S. Can Rely the Most on Israel
(Fox News) Hugh Hewitt - Which country is America's most important ally? Hands down, it is Israel. Israel is the only other genuine democracy on the planet that is a nuclear superpower with the will and ability to project hard power across vast distances and which provides the U.S. with a reliable ally in what has been the most turbulent area of the world since the end of World War II. Our old allies remain, in theory at least, our partners in protecting freedom around the globe, but increasingly are limited by their growing anti-Israel populations when it comes to joining with the U.S. to project power anywhere outside of Europe. Did you see any British or French fighter aircraft alongside our B-2s and fighter planes and the Israeli Air Force when it came time to demolish the imminent nuclear threat of Iran? Both France and the UK will point to their efforts alongside ours in helping Israel protect itself against the missile assaults by Iran in 2024, but both nations were missing during the 12-day war of Israel and the U.S. against Iran in June 2025. All of Europe benefited from defanging the mullahs, but they were not there when Iran's nuclear capabilities were obliterated, even as Iran's ballistic missiles rained down on the Jewish state. Both then engaged in a "two-state theater" when the U.S. and its Gulf allies were imposing a ceasefire on Hamas. We don't have to "hope" for anything when it comes to Israel. Israel is spending 8.8% of its GDP on the IDF in these years of war and is closer to 5% even in the most peaceful of years. Israel's high-tech defense sector also powers much of the innovation the Free World requires to remain free. Even its critics recognize Israel as an "intelligence superpower," and its democracy as genuine as any Western nation. When it comes to assessing America's allies, Israel is "first among equals."