House of Representatives Votes 269-144 to Ban State Department from Citing Gaza Death Toll
(www.democracynow.org)
They actually don't even need Israel, Turkey is our NATO ally already and has the same access to the sea. Obviously Erdogan is a authoritarian dickshit, but at least they're not actively committing a genocide.
Israel has no dramatic geopolitical value to the US at this point, they're basically just a client. Though you wouldn't think it by the way Netanyahu yanks Biden around by his testicles. The unquestioning support for Israel is ideological for people like Biden, and for others it's all the money from AIPAC and JStreet