Is there a country that doesn't do this?
Do you know of any? Can you cite them?
*Historical examples of other forms of US meddling/interference is not being ignored, and paves the way to why I would not say not being done.
When a newspaper brought it up he went through the steps to formally renounce Canadian citizenship, which became official in May 2014.
Not a fan of Cruz, but this is sufficient for me. More problematic would be those nations that don't accept or don't allow them to renounce citizenship.
>On the day of arrival in Israel, or occasionally at a later date, a person who enters Israel under the Law of Return as an oleh would receive a certificate confirming their oleh status.
On the very day they step off the boat or plane. This isn't the case of "anyone who comes to the US and waits 10+ years might finally get to become a citizen". Seems pretty fucking automatic.
The Wikipedia summary is oversimplified, it's very easy but you do have to affirmatively express an interest and fill out an application (https://www.gov.il/en/service/declaration_of_intent_to_recei...). They don't literally hand it to you when you get off the plane, and even if they did you still can't point to any Jewish person and declare that they must be a citizen of Israel. Most Jewish people have never even been to Israel.
Maybe you're arguing that since it's so easy, all Jewish people in Congress are effectively dual Israeli citizens even if they never actually apply for citizenship. In that case, you'll also be shocked to learn that every single person in Congress is a dual citizen of Dominica, which can be obtained without ever setting foot in the country by just paying $100,000 (https://www.cbiu.gov.dm/dominica-citizenship/). Everyone in Congress can afford that, so we might as well say they've already done it.
Jordan seems to be a much stronger friend to us in the region.
as i think of it, it's strange that the US supposedly has a separation of religion from state, in the constitution+amendments, yet funds an external country based on a religion. i wonder what fraction of donations to Israel come back as lobbyists paying politicians to fund the next round of donations. there must be datasets recorded somewhere, but i have no idea where to look.
In the Middle East. Which is sort of true. (Cairo, Riyadh and Doha aren’t as reliable.)
Our traditional greatest ally is the U.K.
France is our oldest ally. But it (and Poland) are weaker and have been less reliably at our side than Britain has been.
Spying and keeping tabs on your friends is one thing. Influence campaigns among close allies are generally not the way it works.