The Palestine Question

When there's no oil left, the US will stop bothering to prop up Israel. The pUS supports Israel so that it can have a strong, non-Arab military/intelligence ally in an unstable and hostile part of the world that happens to have loads of oil under it. With no oil left, I reckon they'll get out of there and let them all get on with it.

Thats what you might think, but the U.S has very comprehensive military coverage of the middle east. Bases & solidiers all over the place. They do not in any way need Israel as an ally.

More likely that powerful people in the USA just want to suport Israel, and the fact that it provides a massive demand for U.S made weapons.