The U.S. has always called the shots and, if anything, Israel is a useful proxy to further American economic and strategic interests in the region which includes tacit support for Greater Israel. Greater IsraelThe Old Testament defines Greater Israel (Eretz Yisrael) as the land promised four thousand years ago by God to Abraham’s descendants, the Jewish people. The Greater Israel cult has been a fundamental Zionist project from the outset. “Within the highest echelons of the Israeli government, there was a Greater Israel lobby,” writes Israeli historian Ilan Pappé. But the biggest factor threatening the long-term survival of Israel’s expansionist policies and the Greater Israel project may be the social, economic and military collapse of Israel itself.