Is Israel a Liability? | Michael Doran

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🗓️ 23 June 2025

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A growing number of voices on both the American left and right are calling Israel a liability and urging the U.S. to walk away from the alliance. But is Israel truly a burden—or is it an indispensable strategic ally in the Middle East? In this PragerU 5-Minute Video, Michael Doran, Director of the Middle East Center at the Hudson Institute, breaks down the U.S.-Israel relationship, addressing national security, shared values, and geopolitical stability. Get all our content ad-free on PragerU.com or download the PragerU app: https://l.prageru.com/45GvWlu Follow PragerU on social media: YouTube Instagram X/Twitter Facebook Rumble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you
0:01.6	My name is Cadence Sinclair
0:03.8	Some people call us American royalty
0:06.4	We were liars
0:07.5	A new series on Prime Video
0:09.4	We were happy
0:10.5	We wanted for nothing
0:11.8	Based on the best-selling novel
0:14.3	Something terrible happened last summer
0:17.3	And I have no memory of what
0:19.0	Or who hurt me
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers. We will liars. New series, watch now, only on
0:28.9	Prime Video. A growing chorus of voices from the American left and right now calls Israel a liability.
0:39.0	They say it's time to walk away.
0:45.8	They call this foreign policy realism. In fact, it's the opposite. Israel remains America's indispensable ally. Here are five reasons why. One, the neighborhood. In geopolitics,
0:52.2	as in real estate, three considerations are paramount.
0:55.3	Location, location, location. The Middle East holds 48% of the world's oil reserves and produces
1:02.1	nearly a third of its supply. Some assert that renewables are making oil irrelevant,
1:07.1	not in our lifetimes. Oil fuels industries, oil fuels militaries, and oil is priced globally.
1:15.2	Shocks in the Middle East hit the U.S. economy directly.
1:18.8	Others say America's own energy boom makes the region irrelevant.
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