The United States and Attitudes on Attitudes over Israel Term Paper

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The United States and Attitudes on Attitudes over Israel
Introduction
Israel has long had a standing relationship with the United States for more than a century. This bond has undergone hills and valleys thrown in by the various complications as a result of both World Wars and the ensuing fallout, which largely shaped current international relations. This discussion seeks to develop a chronological image of events and international incidents, which changed the course of international relations and foreign policy between the United States and Israel over the years.
The Balfour Declaration 1917 authorized with League of Nations in 1922
The United States has long been a strong supporter of Israel from the early 20th century. This was demonstrated through Former US President Woodrow Wilson's support for the Balfour Declaration was not have been so robust, were it not been the view of America as the new Zion and sustenance for Christian restorationism, the viewpoint of a Jewish return to the Promised Land. From the time of the Puritans, Americans regarded their land as that of enormous religious significance (Renton 17). A large number of towns were given named according to biblical names, and colleges changed to Hebrew mandatory pieces of their curricula. Restorationism was expressed by American leaders as early as former president John Adams, who wrote in a letter to express his true wish for the Jews in Judea to form an independent nation.
Unlike other American collaborations, which relied on democratic values and shared strategic interests, the bond with Israel was also shaped by the spiritual connection between the two nations. Restorationism largely affected former President Wilson, whose father was a Presbyterian clergyman. He supported the Balfour Declaration despite the advice of his close confidants and was quick to say that to think that himself, a child of the house of a minister ought to own the mandate to help restore the Holy Land to its rightful people.
Zionism
The United States has always been a supporter of a sovereign Palestine nation. This was shown through the unwavering support for the Zionist movement, which is generally known to have been founded by Theodor Herzl in 1897. Its history is related to Jewish roots and Judaism. He convened the debut Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, where he used the platform to chart up the Basel arm of the movement. Before the Holocaust, the movement was oriented towards the re-settlement of the ancestral Jewish home in Palestine, seeking to help Jews who had fled for safety in the diaspora return home. After the disastrous tragedy of the Holocaust, the movement eagerly pursued the foundation of a sovereign Jewish state and managing to do so by the year 1948, when Israel was created (Spector). Zionism was a popular movement intended for the restoration and development of the historic Jewish nation currently known as Israel. It was embodied through political and religious efforts that enabled thousands of Jews strewn all over the world to return to their ancestral home, thus re-establishing Israel as the core location affiliated with Jewish ancestry and identity.
World War II
The United States has been an avid supporter of the state that became Israel since the 1960s. It is documented that since the financial year of 1985, the United States has given annual funding in the form of grants to Israel, amounting to almost $3 billion, in addition to other forms of American Aid for nearly 30 years. This immense show of support further shows the unshaken support the United States showed Israel as an allied nation.
The Six-Day War
The Sex-Day War was proof that tensions could and indeed, did rise in the coalition between the United States and Israel. The American influence in this conflict was predetermined in a similar involvement during the Suez Canal incident in 1956. The then American president, Dwight Eisenhower, lobbied for Israeli withdrawal from Egyptian territory despite the latter not offering any such compromise in kind.
A deadly conflict started on June 5th of 1967 because of a clash over Holy Land in and around current Israel in the Middle East. A large section of Israeli Jews believed that the land was rightfully theirs as per a Biblical promise and immense religious significance. On the other hand, Palestinians of Arab descent whose ancestors had lived on the disputed land also lay significant claims for the land. In 1948, Israel gained independence as a state with authority from the United Nations (Shemesh 66). In doing so, they laid claim to land that was previously classified as Palestine territory and part of Jerusalem, the Holy Land.
Troops from countries neighboring Israel intervened to stop the possessive actions Israel had initiated. The Israeli administration responded by bolstering their military frontlines as peacekeepers from international bodies attempted to keep the region from falling into chaos. The ensuing rivalry over land spun over decades as opposing parties kept clashing over and over after the war was done and dusted.
Consequently, on June 7th of 1967, the United Nations called for a cease-fire after decades of clashing armed forces and the ever-growing boundaries of Israeli territory as their soldiers had conquered opposing forces for a long while. The Egyptian and Jordanian administrations accepted the request within hours of its announcement, having been significantly depleted by the prolonged conflict. Thus, the Syrian military similarly retreated from the disputed territory two days later, with a cease-fire taking full effect on the following day, June 11th of 1967. Scores of Palestinian allies’ soldiers were found dead on the battlefields in the aftermath, leaving thousands of captured enemies under the thumb of Israeli rule.
The Yom Kippur War (1973)
The alliance between international forces is usually a tricky affair to manage, with
powers that show support in times of crisis making strong statements in favor of the
alliance. Such is the view with which the United States took when they intervened in the
Yom Kippur War statements being made in both what they did and did not do
This war was a result of vengeful intent towards Israel after the events that unfolded after the Six-Day war. Egypt and Syria lost a significant portion of their territories to Israel during the Arab-Israeli clash. The two factions launched a joint attack against Israel on Yom Kippu...