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Netanyahu says America has ‘no greater ally’ than Israel, reflects on Trump relationship

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks exclusively with Jacqui Heinrich about the enduring U.S.-Israel alliance. Netanyahu highlights shared values and common goals with the U.S., particularly regarding Iran’s nuclear ambitions. He also expresses concern over increasing antisemitic sentiments among younger Americans, emphasizing the historical solidarity between the two nations.

On Jan 8, 2011, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head in Tucson, Arizona. Among the tools first responders reached for was the “Emergency Bandage,” a pressure dressing so closely associated with the Israeli military that American troops had nicknamed it the “Israeli bandage.” It saved her life.

The deep friendship between America and Israel has saved, and continues to save, American lives. Israel is a friend and an ally in the deepest sense of the word.

AMERICA AND ISRAEL: A COVENANT, NOT A CONTRACT

Adm Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander, and staff visit with Israeli Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, chief of the general staff. The IDF says the meeting constitutes an additional step in enhancing the close strategic relationship between the IDF and the U.S. military and in strengthening defense cooperation between the two nations. (IDF Spokesman’s Unit.)

The U.S. House of Representatives is about to vote on security assistance to Israel, including an amendment from outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., to strip that assistance altogether. Policy disagreements may exist, even between closely aligned nations. Yet these should not come at the cost of American lives and regional stability.

The anti-Israel representative, Massie, found himself on the wrong end of the president after Donald Trump endorsed his opponent in his recent GOP primary. The result: Ed Gallrein beat the incumbent Massie as his constituents turned on his increasingly unpopular positions.

Israel’s detractors have long framed American support as charity, as a one-way handout to a dependent client state. In doing so, they ignore what the relationship actually is: a reciprocal strategic security and technology partnership, built on shared values, that has paid the United States back many times over.

The current conflict with Iran illustrates this unique relationship. In 1979, the Islamic Republic‘s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, first called the United States the “Great Satan” — one day after the regime seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, launching the 444-day hostage crisis. Later that year, Khomeini branded Israel the “Little Satan,” a deliberate hierarch…