The American-Israeli relationship has been touted as one of the greatest alliances in history, and in many ways this is true. America was integral in the rebirth of the Jewish state, and it can rightly be said that were it not for the efforts of US President Harry S. Truman and the influence of American Jews, Israel would not have become a nation. No other nation enjoys American benefits like Israel does. America supplies Israel with unmatched defense funds and weapons, and m