[theophilusscribe]

If Israel needs the U.S. to help defend itself against Palestinians in Gaza, then it's not even a viable nation and ought to vanish tomorrow.

Israel does not need the US to defend itself against Palestinians. Not hardly.

Israel needs the US to stand on its side so that Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt, Lybia, etc., do not get any ideas.

[Alberta's Child]

Israel can wipe all of those countries off the map if it wanted to.

The biggest threat to Israel's existence is not Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Palestinian terrorists, etc. -- it's internal conflict between its own various political and religious factions.