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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-902027
Israel Doesn't Need Unconditional U.S. Support to Be Confident in Its Own Strength
(Jerusalem Post) Seth J. Frantzman - If you read the headlines, you might think everything in Israel is doom and gloom - lurching from crisis to crisis. In fact, after more than 1,000 days of a multifront war, the overall picture is positive. Israel is still a dynamic country, rapidly growing, with a strong economy. Defense exports are at an all-time high. Israel is not more isolated and threatened. Israel has thrived from the 1950s until today under different types of threats. The expectation that Israel must receive complete support from the U.S., or else there is an existential crisis, creates an impossible burden on the relationship. There is a tendency to view a lot of Israel's friendships abroad as a kind of zero-sum game. Either it's perfect, or it's bad.