In the past, Israel did not have that choice. But now their economy is big enough so they can probably afford to do that. They need a massive arms stockpile, enough to last them in a war for at least five years against all of their regional enemies.
It can be done. North Korea recently gave some of their massive stockpile to Russia for their war in Ukraine.
For a people that are so smart they can be so dumb as a nation
France understood that back in the 60’s
A country has control of their own foreign policy if they do not depend on another country for weapons
In 1973 the Israelis saw the pressure put upon them by the USA. They haven’t learnt