Faraan Zionist Research Base; Since announcing the establishment of Israel in the Palestinian Territories, Washington has continued to support Israel unconditionally politically and diplomatically, and has blocked the UN Security Council from adopting a number of proposed resolutions against the Israeli government’s aggression against the Palestinians and Arabs. The note will refer to the political support of the United States, and will point out the US public opinion in supporting the Zionist regime.
Supporting Egypt at the United Nations
In the years since the establishment of the Zionist regime, despite Israel being exposed to more critical and condemning UN resolutions than any other country in the world, the United States has always tried to reduce the extent of reproach and criticism of the Zionist regime by using tools such as using or threatening to use its veto power or threatening to cut off financial aid to the United Nations, and has tried to prevent it from being further condemned as well.
No other country in the United Nations has taken such a stand in support of Israel, and there has been no country other than Israel that the United States has voted so strongly in favor of and against its condemnation.
The United States exercised its veto power over the Security Council for the second time in September 1973: This year, the United States vetoed a Security Council resolution in support of Israel and to prevent the passage of a resolution against the regime condemning its invasion of southern Lebanon and Syria. Since then, until 2006, Washington has vetoed 42 Security Council anti-Israel resolutions.
Other statistics show that from 1972 to 2009, the United States opposed or vetoed approximately 170 resolutions of the General Assembly and the UN Security Council. Of these, about 108 were in favor of the Zionist regime, and in order to prevent the adoption of resolutions against the regime.
The US use of the veto in support of Israel has, in fact, diverted the United Nations from its right path to resolve the Palestinian question. Were it not for the US veto, the United Nations could have sent its observers to monitor Israel’s conduct in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and even impose sanctions on the regime if it ignores and does not comply with Security Council resolutions, as well as it force the Zionist regime to abandon repressive measures against Palestinians’ intifada. Therefore, the number of resolutions against Israel would be more, and these resolutions would be more effective, and then this international body would be able to confirm and affirm the right of the Palestine to determine their own destiny with more determination.
To support Israel at the United Nations, the US has repeatedly blocked anti-Israel resolutions, by threatening to veto and even to secede from the United Nations or cut off aid to the organization.
On May 12, 1982, the US Congress passed a proposed resolution in support of Israel by a vote of 401 to 3. A year later, A year later, the United States threatened to withdraw from the General Assembly if Israel’s membership in the United Nations was suspended for violating UN resolutions.
Solidarity of US public opinion with Israel and assistance to the regime
American public support for Israel is particularly important because the media and the American people pay little attention to foreign affairs. But apparently Israel is an exception to this rule; because it has always had the positive attention and attitude of Americans and has aroused their sense of support and trust.
However, according to Gallup poll, which has conducted the most polls on Israel and its conflict with the Arabs, Americans’ sense of solidarity with Israel has remained at about 50% since 1967. A February 2009 poll by the Gallup institute shows that most Americans feel more sympathy with Israel than with the Arabs; Six out of 10 Americans (59%) feel more empathy for the Middle East conflict with Israel; while only 18% favor the Palestinians.
According to the findings of 184 polls conducted by various institutions from 1967 to 2012 [1], on average, about 47% of Americans support Israel, compared to about 11% for Arabs and Palestinians.
American politicians have always had the support of their own people in sending economic and military aid to Israel. While in general, foreign aid has never been welcomed in the United States, and its presidents have had to persuade public opinion and Congress to allocate aid to other countries, but Israel has been an exception to this rule, and the Americans have consistently backed their aid to Israel.
A 2001 poll found that about two-thirds of Americans believe that the United States should help Israel defend itself if needed.
In addition, another indicator that could well demonstrate the special support of the American people for the nation and government of the Jewish state is the comparison of the American public opinion about Israel, with the views of other nations of the world.
The American people, for example, have felt even more sympathy for Israel than Canadians and the British, and have taken a positive and partisan view of it; While they are close allies of the United States and in many cases agree with it.
According to a Gallup poll in February 2005, while 52 percent of Americans had more sense of sympathy to Israel (compared to 18% to Palestinians); but only 34 percent of Canadians and 31 percent of Britons felt the same sense to Israel.
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Translated by: Al-Haaj Hussein
Source:
Farhad Ataei & Zahra Aali, The US-Israel Special Relationship: A Study of the Background, Nature, and Extent of this Relationship; Politics (Seyasat) Quarterly, Volume 42, Number 1, Spring 2012.
