Pretty funny to call Israel an major ally of the US. Because most of the problems the US has in that part of the world are because of that alliance in the first place.

Not mention Israels extremely damaging influence on US domestic politics. Israel working together with Neocons to push the US into some of the worst foreign policy choices since Vietnam. And that's just one aspect of the problem. The list goes on and on.

If Israel is a major ally, then I think the US would be much better of with fewer allies.

The US is a major ally of Israel. Israel is the ultimate pragmatic nation.

Israel is the ultimate pragmatic nation? You mean the religious police state that has illegal nuclear weapons and did its best to provoke an apocalyptic conflict between the US and Iran?

The apartheid state that is dominated by far right extremist that are still living by a 19th century colonialist doctrine?

I didn't use pragmatics as a compliment.