The Debate Over Military Aid to Israel

On the left and right, there is a new debate over cutting off U.S. military assistance to Israel. In an article entitled "Do Not Cut Off Aid to Israel" in the September issue of Commentary Magazine, I write that the arguments for cutting aid are simply unpersuasive.

The full article is found here. Below is part of my conclusion:

I, too, would like to see a time when a reduction in U.S. military aid will be sensible. I’d like to see a world where the Islamic Republic of Iran has fallen and is no longer building nuclear weapons and threatening “Death to Israel.” Where Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad are not murdering Israelis with weapons and money supplied by Iran. Where Hezbollah does not have 100,000 rockets financed by Iran aimed at Israeli cities. Where the United States does not seem, to Israelis and Arabs alike, to be withdrawing from the Middle East and weakening its support for friends and allies there. For the United States to end military aid today would send a message to all of Israel’s enemies that Israel’s greatest friend was stepping away, so they should double down on their plans for more, and more deadly, assaults on the Jewish state.