> Israel controls no strategic resources

Israel is, to use a Pacific-theatre term, our unsinkable aircraft carrier. A better Pakistan.

> long history Israel has of rigging the US elections by funding their pet congressmen

Americans were, until recently, pro Israel. The funding worked because amplifying anti-Israeli sentiments among electeds lost them votes. Now that that balance of perceptions has shifted, the effect has as well. And note that pro-Israel != Israel; lots of America pro-Israeli influence is entirely homegrown.