This is the answer as i understand it.
They’re a strategic partner.
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Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There are a lot of reasons - one I haven’t seen mentioned here yet is that they’re our only real ally in the region and the best spies in the world; a combination that makes them incredibly attractive as “strategic partners” if the goal is to influence politics in a region you have very little other indirect methods of manipulating.
This is the answer as i understand it.
They’re a strategic partner.
US police departments also have a history of training with the IDF and the US is learning surveillance and profiling strategies from them too.
https://www.amnestyusa.org/blog/with-whom-are-many-u-s-police-departments-training-with-a-chronic-human-rights-violator-israel/ https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/115009/documents/HHRG-117-JU00-20220719-SD003.pdf https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/6/12/how-the-us-and-israel-exchange-tactics-in-violence-and-control
the best spies in the world
that we know of, which really should be disqualifying
AskewLord@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
They were basically a hedge against USSR in the region for 50+ years. People forget that.