Is Israel God?
Anyway, Western Civilization is the zenith of human achievement, so I'm unabashedly in favor of preserving what's left of it. Under the current paradigm, I don't suppose the state of Israel's existence has a significant impact on that one way or the other.
Correction, Wyrd, please. Israel has had a great impact on Western civilization starting back with the one God concept and a place where it was ensconced, the original Israel, Judea and Samaria.
Laws - many still in effect today in many religions and countries legal systems.
Health practices - still in effect in a lot of the world.
Medical developments/cures for many of the major diseases of mankind.
Invented the key components of the micro-chip and other computer and communications devices used around the whole world today.
Made “teaching” an honored profession and “education” a sign of civilization. “Rabbi” (i.e. Rebbe’), actually means “teacher”, not just a religious leader.
The “Day of Rest” and the furloughing of fields so that they could regenerate their growing capabilities.
“Gleaning” for the poor - not charity, but working for their food. Beats addictive welfare hand-outs and plantation mentalities.
Honor your mother and father. One of the basic tenets of most free societies.
Also, honor your teachers.
Opening one’s home to travelling strangers, seducah (charity/charitable acts as a moral duty, not a compulsory one).
These are many of the foundations of decent societies and the basis of America’s Judaeo-Christian foundations.
Israel is a sign of this millennia-long trip from a wandering, once slave tribe in Egypt, to being one of the most advanced countries in the world, despite suffering the horrors of the Holocaust and pogroms.
Israel, to some, perhaps many (esp. Christians), is a sign of God’s existence and his goodness.
That is why Israel “has a significant impact” of preserving a Western Civilization that is now under its’ most concentrated destructive attack in its history.