This document analyzes the relationship between the US and Israel through the lens of oil politics. It discusses several approaches to analyzing this relationship, including resource control and geopolitics. A key part of the argument is that supporting Israel allows the US to exert control over oil exports from Arab states. Controlling pipelines in the region is an important political and economic strategy. The document argues that maintaining a balance of power in the Middle East benefits the US by helping it control oil supplies from the 1950s onward.