The USA, along with England, France and some other nations  helped "create" modern day Israel which was carved out of Palestinian land.\nThe USA is very weak on intelligence on the people of the Middle east so it depends heavily on Israel.\nIsrael on the other hand is the country that practices apartheid in the Middle East but the USA and other countries are turning a blind eye to it.\nThe reason : the other countries are all Arabs or Muslims.\nThe USA needs Israel as the buffer to control the Arab oil rich lands and when things get out of hand , it has to use a heavy hand like it is presently doing in Iraq, but with a heavy price.\nBoth the USA and Israel care very little for the UN.\nThe UN is just a tool of convenience for both nations.\nSad but true.