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America’s decline – Israel’s trouble

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January 2019

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(2019). America’s decline – Israel’s trouble. Samuel Neaman Institute.
https://www.neaman.org.il/en/americas-decline-israels-trouble/

President Trump says the US economy is stronger than it has ever been. And the numbers back him up. Numbers, shmumbers – America is sink­ing. One consequence is that Israel is in trouble.
Why does it impact Israel? It is pretty simple, actually.
The US is Isra­el’s strongest supporter. We have your back, the Americans constantly tell Israeli leaders. We moved our embassy to Jerusalem. But the bigger America’s internal social and econom­ic woes, the less engaged it is in the Middle East and the world. When Israel does need someone at its back, there may be nobody there.

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