By Dr. Sabir Abu Maryam
Secretary General Palestine Foundation Pakistan
The United States has played a major role in the illegal establishment of the Zionist state of Israel on the land of Palestine and in continuously granting Israel an exceptional status thereafter. In this regard, the previous column, which also highlighted Nakba Day and the campaign for the Palestinian right of return, presented some evidence. This column will discuss further the alliance and alliance between America and Israel.
It would be an incomplete statement of reality to consider the US-Israeli relationship as a mere traditional alliance. Rather, it is tantamount to a diabolical nexus where black deeds like the Epstein Files are rife. This relationship between the US and Israel is actually a deep and complex diabolical partnership that has developed step by step over more than seven decades. The result of the US-Israeli nexus is that today the situation is that Israel cannot imagine its existence without American support, while the US also sees Israel as the main pillar of its national security in the Middle East. Because there can be no one more suitable than Israel in the Middle East to implement many of America’s plans.
To understand this extraordinary relationship and nexus between the US and Israel, it is necessary to look at its historical and structural journey step by step.
In this regard, if we talk about the period between 1948 and 1967, this was the time when Israel received most of its military equipment from Europe, but the United States was providing political legitimacy and global support. That is, the United States fully supported Israel at every global forum. On May 14, 1948, when Israel announced its occupation of Palestine and on May 15, a great catastrophe, the Nakba, occurred in Palestine, it was also the United States that recognized the occupation of Palestine by the usurper Zionist state of Israel and the illegal establishment of Israel just 11 minutes after it was announced. This move by the United States was not only symbolic but also had a decisive role in global diplomacy. Washington used its influence over Latin American countries and France to obtain the desired support for Israel in the United Nations. At the same time, the American Jewish community and Christian Zionist circles lobbied strongly in favor of Israel in American politics. The result was that the existence of the usurper Zionist state of Israel was recognized in the United Nations, and then on May 15, a huge massacre and destruction began in Palestine, which is still remembered today as Nakba Day.
Although the United States supported Israel on a political level, military support was limited. There were two main reasons for this. First, the United States had adopted a policy of avoiding sending weapons to the West Asian region until the 1960s in order to limit the influence of the Soviet Union. The second reason was that Washington feared that if Israel was given open military aid, the Cold War would intensify and the Arab countries would move closer to the Soviet Union. But Israel has always been important to the United States, and therefore, in this early period, the United States openly continued to provide diplomatic and political support to Israel, and all the dark deeds of the usurper Zionist state of Israel were covered up on the international stage. Although the United States did not provide weapons to Israel in this early period, where did Israel get so many weapons? And during this period, the war from 1948 to 1967 was also fought against the Arabs. The answer to this question is found in the research that the usurper Zionist state of Israel obtained most of its warplanes, missiles and other military equipment from France during this period, while it also received some cooperation from Britain. According to general information, France also laid the foundation for Israel’s nuclear program, under which the Dimona reactor was built between 1956 and 1963.
The European role, not the American, was prominent in the major military operations of this period, including the 1956 Suez Canal War. This does not mean at all that the European role was prominent, so the United States was not complicit in this crime. All these facts do not contradict the fact that the United States was Israel’s main patron. The only difference was that Washington’s role during this period was mostly political, not military. The US ensured Israel’s survival through international organizations, diplomatic pressure, and political support, while battlefield resources came from Europe. The US government was silent on all of Israel’s crimes that were being committed in the region during this time and at the same time was playing a full role in suppressing the voices raised against Israel in international organizations.
If we talk only about the Nakba Day on May 15, Israel forcibly expelled more than 1.5 million Palestinians from their homeland and homes with the help of European weapons, but the US government did not raise any slogans of human rights violations because Israel was given complete immunity. This is still evident today when the Palestinian people are talking about the right of return to Palestine and even the UN has Resolution No. 194 on the same title, but the US government and its allies have become major obstacles to the Palestinians’ rights.
According to research, some military cooperation between the United States and Israel began between 1950 and 1960, but it was not very significant. However, the soft cooperation that began between the two countries at this stage included initial economic assistance to Israel through the American aid agency USAID, agricultural and technical assistance, limited radar contracts, initial intelligence contacts, and then from 1966, formal sales of American weapons, such as the Hawk missile system, and a limited number of A-4 and F-4 aircraft were also provided to Israel by the United States. In summary, the period from 1948 to 1967 was actually the period of laying the foundation for this relationship between the United States and Israel. Israel received military power from Europe, but the United States provided international legitimacy, diplomatic protection, and political umbrella. This was the basis on which the US-Israeli relationship later transformed into a full-fledged military and strategic alliance. More details will be explained in the next column.
