Why Does the US and it's Allies Support Israel?

Below you will find a link to a YouTube video of one of my favourite economists, Michael Hudson speaking about the geopolitical situation in the middle east. Quite fascinating if you ask me.

https://youtu.be/9AeAfFfTqMk?si=S787X9Y1dtu9_ugH Michael Hudson (born March 14, 1939) is an American economist who is Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College. He is a contributor to The Hudson Report, a weekly economic and financial news podcast produced by Left Out.

Hudson graduated from the University of Chicago (BA, 1959) and New York University (MA, 1965, PhD, 1968) and worked as a balance of payments economist in Chase Manhattan Bank (1964–68). He was assistant professor of economics at the New School for Social Research (1969–72) and worked for various governmental and non-governmental organizations as an economic consultant (1980s–1990s).