Victor Davis Hanson: The Strategic Case for Supporting Israel

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🗓️ 27 November 2025

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Why does America support Israel? The answer isn’t rooted in theology or special-interest politics but is grounded in strategic national interest. Victor Davis Hanson explains how Israel’s status as the Middle East’s only stable democracy, its alignment with U.S. security priorities, and its role in countering Iran’s decades-long campaign of terror against Americans make it an essential ally on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words." “ There's only one government that is truly a free democratic government, and that's Israel. So, it has affinities with the United States and interest with the United States that transcends anything to do with the 7 million Americans who are Jewish Americans. That's just a given. “They are not directing American policy. They couldn't unless Israel was democratic, consensual, Western, an outpost in a dangerous part of the world that has key resources for global prosperity with oil and, more importantly, is an enemy of our existential enemy that transcends any question of Israeli or Iranian animosity, and that's the theocratic government of Iran that began its existence by taking Americans hostage and storming our embassy.” (0:00) Introduction: Why the U.S. Supports Israel (1:39) The History of the U.S. and Israel (3:08) Iran: The Shared Threat (4:02) Strategic Alliances (4:40) Why Israel Is Unique in the Middle East (7:05) U.S. Interests: The Real Bottom Line (8:05) Final Thoughts 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest short videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1⁠ 👉Want more VDH? Watch Victor’s weekly, hour-long podcast, “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” now! Subscribe to his YouTube channel, and enabling notifications: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273?sub_confirmation=1⁠ 👉More exclusive content is available on Victor’s website: ⁠https://victorhanson.com⁠ 👉The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: ⁠https://secured.dailysignal.com/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.6	I'd like to return to this often contentious subject in the news of why the United States
0:35.3	supports Israel. I must come clean.
0:38.0	I am not a Christian Zionist.
0:40.2	I support Israel for one reason.
0:42.2	It is in the interest of my country and the United States.
0:45.4	Now, why would that be?
0:46.5	Hello, this is Victor Davis-Hansson for the Daily Signal.
0:59.9	I'd like to return to this often contentious subject in the news of why the United States
1:05.7	supports Israel.
1:07.5	I must come clean.
1:09.1	I am not a Christian Zionist. I feel I'm a Christian, but I have no special
1:13.8	advocacy to support Israel because it's a biblical home of the Jews and by extension the Judeo-Christian
1:22.1	traditions of which I am a member. And I can even confess as a rural resident who grew up and isolated on a farm, I don't recall anybody being Jewish.
1:34.1	And I had never met anybody Jewish until I was 18 years old when I went to the University of California campus at Santa Cruz.
1:41.4	And for the first time in my life, I met somebody who said he was Jewish.
1:45.1	So I don't come to this issue with any particular hidden agenda, whether it's Christian
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