And now honnest question: why is this support so strong in the US ? are the ties with the jewish/israely community so deep between these two peoples ?
And so many people who are rightfully proud of their Jewish ethnicity and cultural identification -- a rich and beautiful culture that has had absolutely outsized contributions to art, science, culture in the west, with a history of being persecuted and mistreated by said "west" -- have become defacto "citizens-abroad" and advocates for Israeli positions in all things.
That combined with a deep and historical distrust of Islam in western culture...
It's the same story here in Canada. How deep the bank account for this blank cheque is, I don't know.
I should say that as a left wing critic of what happens in the middle east under Israel's banner, I am also deeply uncomfortable with some of the anti-Semitic tinge some forms of the protest take. It's a conundrum.
It is absolutely important to make it clear the criticism is of the actions of Israel, and not "Jews"
Christian sects that believe the second coming of Jesus is not too far away believe that Israel's existence is critical to bring that to pass.
People with anti-muslim or anti-arabian feelings see Israel as a counterweight to muslim and arabian power in the middle east.
There's a lot of people who, consciously or not, equate anything other than total support for Israel with antisemitism.