试析20世纪60年代美国对以色列的援助

某种意义上说,美国对以色列的援助是美以关系的晴雨表。以色列建国伊始,美国就通过援助拯救了这个新生国家,从而奠定了美以关系的基础。20世纪60年代以前,美国对以色列的援助主要以经济援助为主,军事援助所占比重很小。进入60年代,美国对以援助总量和援助结构均发生明显转变,美以关系开始进入一个新的发展阶段。这一转变是冷战背景下美国对以色列乃至整个中东战略的调整,对中东国际关系的发展产生了深远的影响。

Analysis on U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel in 1960s

To some extent,the quantity of American aid to Israel is a barometer of U.S.-Israel relations.American aid saved this new country when Israel was founded,which also provided a base for the development of the U.S.-Israel relations.Most American aid was economic,only a little was military before 1960s.The quantity and composition of American aid obviously changed from the beginning of the Kenney Administration,and U.S.-Israel relations entered a new era.The change was an adjustment of America's Israel and Middle East policies,which also affected the international relations in Middle East.