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 CONTRACTThe Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), Admiral Brad Cooper, recently visited Israel as the official guest of the Chief of the General Staff, LTG Eyal Zamir.
The Commander of CENTCOM and the Chief of the General Staff first held an extended one-on-one meeting.This was followed by a meeting attended by additional commanders.
The IDF says the meeting serves as another expression of the relationship between the commanders and constitutes an additional step in enhancing the close strategic relationship between the IDF and 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 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 partnershi...