Israel can manage without US aid, even military spare parts for quite a long time.

Israel can't exist without a host. Small, universally hated by its neighbors and disliked by most of the planet, minimal agriculture, poor water supplies, few natural resources - and the political climate makes investors wary.

Israel is very much in the driving seat and the US is only a fare paying passenger.

Only as long as there is oil in the middle east "worth" fighting for. Not so many decades left. A sharp decline in the US standard of living will also blunt the political feasibility of funding Israel in the future.

you are the media you consume.