Decisions by whom? Doesn't look like the U.S. has a helluva lot to say about what Israel does or doesn't do.

That's not the way I think it should be, given our heavy funding of their defense budget and sales of planes and arms to them.

If we'd ever stop publicly stating that Israel is our oldest and best friend in the region and that we'll do whatever is necessary to support and defend them, maybe we'd have something to say about how they conduct themselves with their neighbors. But as long as they know they can count on the U.S. for continued foreign aid and as many planes, tanks and as much ammunition they might need, what we think or want them to do or not do doesn't amount to a hill of beans.