America’s Role in Israel’s Creation and Survival, and Why We Care

Israeli Ambassador to the United States Abba Eban (C) looks on as Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (R) gives a present to U.S. President Harry Truman during a visit to the United States on May 1, 1951. Fritz Cohen/GPO/Getty Images

Commentary

For over a century, Americans, shaped by their historically Judeo-Christian values, instinctively understood the importance of standing with Israel. Embracing a Jewish homeland came naturally as part of their biblical worldview and was bolstered exponentially after the attempted genocide and mass slaughter of the Jewish people in World War II.