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But by far the biggest factor is the large population of Jewish people in the US, which is almost as big as the population of Israel.
But it’s still only ~ 7 million.
The US is home to 140 million Protestant Christians. Evangelical support for Zionism is really strong, even direct funding of illegal West Bank settlements. It’s mad.
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I work in the semiconductor industry, and a lot of companies have a development site in Israel. The Israeli government have had a long term strategy to invest in technology so there is a pool of talent available and lots of innovation, also part of the tech strategy, so a lot of the bigger tech companies have acquired Israeli companies.
Given that the US government is currently in a battle with China to retain it's position as the global leader in semiconductor technology, it's probably a factor in US-Israeli relations.
But by far the biggest factor is the large population of Jewish people in the US, which is almost as big as the population of Israel.