Israel prefers the United States as there are stronger diplomatic, economic, political, and Jewish connections between the US and Israel than India and Israel. That is not to say that Israelis do not like India, just not as much.
Yes, the US sells a lot of weapons to Israel. The US government also gives a lot of money to Israel.
Israel is roughly 5,200 miles from the nearest points in the US.
They have the same God, their leader is Jesus, and Israel is the birthplace of both religions
maybe they are fewer and have more human connections
No. The AID to Israel is as helpful for the US as it is for Israel. The question of US funding in Israel is primarily for military hardware. The US does not provide economic aid to Israel. First, the US Aid to Israel makes up about 0.03% of the US GDP. To put that in perspective, it would pay for around a week in Iraq or half-a-day of Social Security. Additionally, 80% of the money earmarked for Israel can only be spent by Israel on US-produced weapons. This means that the money appropriated for Israel mostly goes to support US firms and US jobs, making it a win-win for both Israel and the US. This is aside from the fact that numerous recent technological innovations in both military and civilian technology have come to the US from Israel, providing economic gains that more than offset the remaining 20%.
the oil
While the US continues to finance Israel, Israel has no special problems except that of being helplessly dependent upon US generosity. That's why they make US presidential candidates pledge allegiance to Israel.
No, Israel designed their own.
A good deal of US military tech comesfrom Israel. So yes.
No, of course not... but the US would like to control Israel with this new Obama administration. Hopefully that will not happen, and Israel will stand firm. No dividing Jerusalem.
Mohamed Tawfik is the Ambassador to the US for Egypt.