It's a nuclear power. Apart from its air force and missels, it has six nuclear-armed submarines, capable of a second strike.
It's also extremely wealthy, home to many billionaires, and boasting an extensive and lucrative high-tech sector, cyber-warriors, and its own military industrial complex.
Israel is more powerful than all the Arab world combined.
How is it in peril? Terrorists are a problem, but they are not an "existential threat." Israel can handle it, and afford the pricetag.
Thank you, Ms. Omar.
As was posted in the comments at the link:
“During the Israeli–Egyptian War of Attrition, Israeli commandos captured a Soviet-built P-12 radar station in an operation code-named Rooster 53. Previously unknown information was subsequently shared with the US.
When the French government imposed an arms embargo on Israel in 1967, Israeli spies procured designs of the Dassault Mirage 5 from a Swiss Jewish engineer in order to build the IAI Kfir. These designs were also shared with the United States.
In 1966, when defecting Iraqi pilot Munir Redfa landed in Israel flying a Soviet-built MiG-21 fighter jet, information on the plane was immediately shared with the United States.
Israeli–US tension eased after the start of the Persian Gulf war on January 16, 1991, when Israel became a target of Iraqi Scud missiles, suffering over 30 strikes during the war. The United States urged Israel not to retaliate against Iraq for the attacks because it was believed that Iraq wanted to draw Israel into the conflict and force other coalition members, Egypt and Syria in particular, to quit the coalition and join Iraq in a war against Israel. Israel did not retaliate, and gained praise for its restraint.
In May 2018, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal a few days after Netanyahu gave a presentation in which he revealed documents that Mossad smuggled out of Tehran, purportedly showing that Iran lied about its nuclear program.[114] This was followed by a renewal of US sanctions on Iran.
Not everything has to be a war to be a valuable ally.”
Post 51 -—— well said.