What Are the Limits of the U.S.-Israel Relationship?

Because the U.S. treats the Israeli government with total indulgence, the Israeli government naturally feels free to act however it sees fit.

Paul Poast considers if there are any limits to the U.S.-Israel relationship:

This longstanding U.S. support for Israel raises a question: Are there limits to it? One could be forgiven for thinking there are none, and that the bond between the U.S. and Israel truly is “unbreakable.”

There are limits to any international relationship, but it would take something extraordinary for the U.S. to downgrade the relationship with Israel. The U.S. ought to have downgraded the relationship a long time ago, but I have to acknowledge that this is unlikely to happen in the foreseeable future. Whatever limits to the relationship may theoretically exist, the Israeli government keeps probing to find how far it can go and Washington does nothing to tug on the reins. Because the U.S. treats the Israeli government with total indulgence, the Israeli government naturally feels free to act however it sees fit.