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During his eight years in office, George W. Bush
established new
standards for the term ‘pro-Israel.’ He repeatedly affirmed Israel’s
right to defend itself against terror, and praised its value as
America’s primary Middle Eastern ally. He also expressed a deep
ideological attachment to Israel as a democracy and, spiritually, to
Israel as the biblical homeland.
Less publicly, the president also
authorized an unprecedented level of cooperation between the U.S.
military and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), including intelligence
sharing, anti-terror training, and the joint development of missile
defense systems.” Oren wrote at the time in the fall 2008 edition of
the Journal of International Security Affairs. - [Israeli scholar
Michael Oren in the fall 2008 edition of the Journal of
International
Security Affairs].
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