[muawiyah]

Eisenhower certainly decided we would continue to support Israel and make sure they could defend themselves.

The Arabs have made sure that decision resulted in almost constant war since that time.

[Captain Kirk]

Ike didn’t particularly support the Israelis in the Suez Crisis (he was more on Nasser’s side) even though, as I said, he wasn’t dumb enough to send in American troops to get involved in the fighting. A later president would do that.