The United States and Israel: Two Halves of a Toxic Whole

Photograph Source: James Emery – CC BY 2.0

America’s close partnership with Israel has been costly.  Tel Aviv’s expansionist policies in Palestine and pursuit of military dominance over its neighbors have driven instability in the Middle East and distorted once predictable international institutions and norms.  

The United States, banking on its regional proxy, has followed Israel into the abyss, destroying the framework of international law, human rights and the rules-based order it created...