Sen. Ted Cruz rejected the claim that the US-Israel alliance is based merely on charity, political pressure or religious sentiment.
“America is friends with Israel because it is unambiguously in America’s national security interest to be friends with Israel,” Cruz said.
The Texas Republican stressed that Israel is a powerful and dependable ally in one of the world’s most dangerous regions. The two countries confront the same enemies, including Iran and the radical Islamic terrorist organizations supported by Tehran.
Israel provides the United States with vital intelligence, military cooperation and technological innovation while standing on the front line against forces that openly seek to attack both nations.