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The Inside Story of the U.S.-Israeli Covert Relationship (1991)

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In 1991, Cockburn and her husband, Andrew, published their first book together on the military and intelligence relationship between the U.S. and Israel after 1948. This book detailed how, over several decades, Israel had served U.S. interests both through espionage operations in the former Soviet Union as well as covert operations in Central America and other third-world regions where the U.S. was loath to intervene directly. The book also detailed Israeli nuclear activities, including U.S, assistance to its bomb-making program and Israeli cooperation with the South African apartheid regime's nuclear weapons program. The book was a national bestseller in the U.S. and Canada. Kirkus Reviews said it was "no thrown-together post-Gulf product, but an unflinching, fact-packed, closely reasoned exploration of our relations with our strongest ally in the Middle East." The Chicago Tribune said the book "should stand for a long time as the alpha and omega of the relationship between the United States and Israel...the Cockburns present the history in rich detail." Other U.S. reviewers attacked the book on grounds that it was critical of Israel, often making their case with selective quotations. In Israel, the response was more measured. Haaretz reviewed it favorably at length, calling it "credible". Maariv acquired the serial rights. 

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Since the 1960s, the United States has been a very strong supporter of Israel. It has played a key role in the promotion of good relations between Israel and its neighbouring Arab states, namely Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt, along with several others in the 2020 Abraham Accords, while also holding off hostilities from other Middle Eastern nations such as Syria and Iran. Relations with Israel are a very important factor in the U.S. government's overall foreign policy in the Middle East, and the U.S. Congress has likewise placed considerable importance on the maintenance of a close and supportive relationship.

Since 1985, the United States has provided nearly US$3 billion in annual grants to Israel, which has been the largest recipient of annual American aid from 1976 to 2004 and the largest cumulative recipient of aid ($146 billion, not inflation-adjusted) since World War II;[1][2] approximately 74 percent of these funds are spent on the purchases of American goods and services.[3] More recently, in fiscal year 2019, the United States provided Israel with $3.8 billion in military aid.[2] Israel also benefits from around $8 billion in American loan guarantees.[2] While the United States has disbursed significant financial aid for Israel in the past, the primary form of American aid for Israel at present is military-oriented (see Israel–United States military relations) rather than economic.[2]

In addition to financial and military aid, the United States also provides large-scale political support to Israel, having used its United Nations Security Council veto power 42 times against resolutions condemning Israel, out of a total 83 times in which its veto has ever been used. Between 1991 and 2011, out of the 24 vetos invoked by the United States, 15 were used to protect Israel.[4][5]

Bilateral relations have evolved from an initial American policy of sympathy and support for the creation of a Jewish homeland in 1948, to a partnership that links a small but powerful Israeli state with an American superpower attempting to balance influence against other competing interests in the region, namely those of Russia and its allies.[6][7] Some analysts maintain that Israel is a strategic ally for the United States, and that relations with the former will strengthen the latter's influence in the Middle East.[1] Israel is designated by the United States as a major non-NATO ally, and was the first country to be granted this status alongside Egypt in 1987; Israel and Egypt remain the only countries in the Middle East to have this designation. Jesse Helms, an American senator with the Republican Party, referred to Israel as "America's aircraft carrier in the Middle East" when explaining why the United States viewed Israel as such a strategic ally, saying that the military foothold offered by Israel in the region alone justified the American military aid and grants to it every year.[8][9] As of 2021, the United States remains the only permanent member of the United Nations Security Council to have recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and moved its embassy to the disputed city from Tel Aviv in 2018.[10] The United States is also the only country to have recognized the Golan Heights (designated as Israeli-occupied Syrian territory by the United Nations) as non-occupied Israeli sovereign territory, doing so via a presidential proclamation under the Trump administration in 2019.

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Nicholas

2 weeks ago

When journalism was an actual thing....

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Alain Vosselman

3 weeks ago

Imagine this kind of content being shown on tv nowadays....

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Issac F

4 weeks ago

Hard working Americans being played by our own (and foreign) officials.. we tired of it!

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Johnny Tocino

3 weeks ago

Sh-t I'm more offended by the Overt relationship between the two countries.

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Michael Ullman

13 days ago

Brian Lamb - the greatest interviewer ever.

Mr Sosha Da baad Man

3 weeks ago

"Ben-Ami Kadish walks out of federal court, in New York April 22, 2008, after being arrested on charges related to giving Israel secrets on nuclear weapons, fighter jets and missiles."

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Katman Dew

3 weeks ago

Andrew Cockburn  and family alwayse  ROCK.  They maintain a goat like honesty which has informed my life since the day I became hip to "Inside theSoviet threat",  back in the neolithic eighties. I recommend Andrew ,et al , 4 all who would like to get a grip on solid information.

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Ethereal Catholic2

3 weeks ago (edited)

This would not be allowed on the Net nor TV in 2021.
Thank you for uploading!Deo Gratias ✝

christopher kettler

13 days ago

I would love to see these 2 do a real investigation of 9/11

Tom V

3 weeks ago

Leslie's voice sounds like the voice heard at the end of FrontLine episodes.

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Fu Fu

4 weeks ago

Love this two smart people.

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Danny Hughes

2 weeks ago

There is the World as we see it and the one we don't even if we are looking at it.
An excellent and balanced interview with sheer professionals.

Dieter Barkhoff

2 weeks ago

A great interview, especially from the Cockburns.

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bbailey17b

4 weeks ago (edited)

Tried posting (Sharing) this to Facebook, and had difficulties.
Does that make its contents false, or does it simply attest to a resistance from some quarters to seeing it circulate widely?

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adam tyler

2 weeks ago

I can 100% guarantee Andrew had a rough time growing up, with that last name

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Klaus Solberg Soilen

3 weeks ago (edited)

34:00: "The CIA (US) gave Israel its blessing to crush Nasser", and that was the green light to attack Egypt.

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Miles Long

3 weeks ago

Gee, it's almost if historic pogroms were entirely justified.

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T THORN

3 weeks ago

Yep 2 countries that worked together on 9/11

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realomon

9 days ago

That was 30 years ago. Different era of journalism. Reporters with actual integrity and credibility.

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UNF Green

3 weeks ago

Do you consider yourself political?  
Leslie: I don’t.

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