Why would they need to afford them? The whole point of territorial expansion is to gain land, resources and other forms of wealth. I think you’re referring to the occupations, in which case Israel is a wealthy developed country with a strong tech sector that also gets billions upon billions of US aid money annually. They also don’t overextend themselves, and many empires past and present have occupied many more people and much more land compared to their core population/area. I mean their only active military operations are on and off bombings in Gaza, more intense bombings in Iran and an actual invasion in Lebanon. This isn’t that much in the grand scheme of things, assuming they can control the fallout (which they’ve been somewhat failing at recently).
Let’s be honest here. If they didn’t have the US covering their ass at every turn, and US money fuelling their economy, their territorial expansions, violations of sovereignty and human rights abuses would have caused them to have faced even a modicum of retribution. Essentially they’re a spoilt child, with a parent who can’t see that their kid is part of the problem. But then the parent is a big problem too so the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
How can Isreal afford all these annexations? Does their economy run on spite?
american AID/
Nope, American tax dollars.
but yes, also racist hatreds, supremacy, and spite.
Why would they need to afford them? The whole point of territorial expansion is to gain land, resources and other forms of wealth. I think you’re referring to the occupations, in which case Israel is a wealthy developed country with a strong tech sector that also gets billions upon billions of US aid money annually. They also don’t overextend themselves, and many empires past and present have occupied many more people and much more land compared to their core population/area. I mean their only active military operations are on and off bombings in Gaza, more intense bombings in Iran and an actual invasion in Lebanon. This isn’t that much in the grand scheme of things, assuming they can control the fallout (which they’ve been somewhat failing at recently).
Let’s be honest here. If they didn’t have the US covering their ass at every turn, and US money fuelling their economy, their territorial expansions, violations of sovereignty and human rights abuses would have caused them to have faced even a modicum of retribution. Essentially they’re a spoilt child, with a parent who can’t see that their kid is part of the problem. But then the parent is a big problem too so the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.