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Israel as a Rentier State | |
Israel as a Rentier State In political science and international relations theory, a rentier state isa state which derives all or a substantial portion of its national revenues from the rent of indigenous resources to external clients. Consequently economic situation in country becomes independent of citizens. For that, government can take some decisions do not reflect citizens' aspirations, andsometimesincompatible with their needs.
This independence of rentirestate from people makes it submissive to foreign powers.Israel is a best example of these countries ,where its works to maintain American benefits in region, where its economy based on US aids .Sometimes US threaten Israel to cut aids in order to force it to do what US wants even if Israelisettlers are against. This makes Israel subsidiary to US control. A good example for this the final Israel war on Lebanon where the main cause for this war was to continue Us project in creating new Middle East and finally Israel paid the cost of this war. American Aids to Israel Since Israel’s independence, it receives grants from the US for various issues each year. These range from military aid such as improving and extending the Iron Dome and confronting the tunnels to encouraging the Jewish people to migrate to Palestine.
The Israeli military dependence on the US is highly visible when we consider two factors: financial help and selling advanced armaments to Israel, which has more strategic importance, while many other countries selling arms to Israel are under pressure from social groups because of the Israeli occupation. |
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