Quote Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger View Post
They were depending on someone else's benevolence to ensure their safety - first France and then the US, and they smartly parlayed fundamentalist Christian sentiments and the Holocaust into a powerful lobby to keep the money and technology flowing from the latter. Israel is, by far, the largest recipient of US foreign aid. The Zionist State would not resemble its current, modern form without American patronage, and probably would not exist.
They had allies, sure, but by and large they carved out their own country using their own resources. Afterwards the French helped, then the Americans. While I'm no fan of Israel's policies I do take into account their struggle for survival. This just might be Nietzsche's case of becoming a monster after having fought monsters for a very long time.