Here is a thought-provoking essay by Eric Zuesse:
Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has selected as his Minister of Justice a woman who has expressed hatred against all Palestinians, and he has appointed as his negotiator with the Palestians a man who said, and who has always followed though with, “We are all against a Palestinian state, there is no question about it.”
These policies are direct rejections of the U.S.-overseen 1978 Camp David Accords, and of consistent U.S. policy since. The Camp David Accords were so bad for the Palestinians that the signatory on their behalf, Egypt’s leader Anwar Sadat, was despised by virtually all Muslims and was assassinated for having done this. But Egypt abided by the Accords, while Israel for decades since has been constantly hemming and hawing about when they will some day fulfill their obligations under them; and, now, we finally have been given the answer: It’s never. They signed an agreement that was so bad for Palestinians it was rejected by them and by the U.N., but now it’s finally clear: to Israel, it’s not bad enough to Palestinians. So: Israel insists upon continued (and now upon never-ending) military occupation.
Netanyahu has proven by actions, not mere words, that Israel is America’s enemy, refusing to do even what Israel had signed an American-sponsored accord in 1978 promising to do — and, now, at last, installing a government that is deeply committed to never complying with it.
http://rinf.com/alt-news/featured/opinion-is-israel-americas-friend-or-americas-enemy/
Merely not doing what the US wants does not make Israel our "enemy".
However, shooting at our ships (e.g., USS Liberty), killing our citizens (e.g., Rachel Corrie), stealing our nuclear technology, robbing us blind, and running false flag operations which destroy our property and harm our interests all prove that Israel is definitely NOT our friend.
Not that any Americans give a damn about these things.
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