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Updated · Fox News · Jul 1
Rich Goldberg Casts 250-Year US-Israel Bond as Covenant Rooted in Shared Biblical History
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jul 1

Rich Goldberg Casts 250-Year US-Israel Bond as Covenant Rooted in Shared Biblical History

2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 1

Summary

  • Rich Goldberg said the U.S.-Israel relationship is more than a strategic alliance, arguing on Fox's 'Life, Liberty & Levin' that it rests on a covenantal bond predating both modern Israel and the United States.
  • 1630 Puritan preaching, the Mayflower Compact and the American Revolution all drew on Hebrew scripture and Jewish ideas of self-government, he said, making biblical covenant central to America's political identity.
  • John Adams' support for a Jewish return to Judea and an 1891 William E. Blackstone petition to President Benjamin Harrison were cited as evidence that pro-Israel sentiment long preceded modern lobbying or recent presidents.
  • Goldberg argued shared values still anchor the alliance today, linking Israel's founding and democracy to the same inalienable-rights tradition as the 1776 Declaration and saying that heritage will outlast opposition.

Insights

As younger generations reject historical narratives, is the foundational 'covenant' between the U.S. and Israel now broken?
With public support collapsing, can Israel’s massive PR campaign salvage its special relationship with America?
Will shifting military aid to opaque defense contracts make the U.S.-Israel alliance immune to public opinion?