Did Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Agree to Starve Americans for Israel in the Event of an Oil Crisis?

by Adam Bilzerian

Author Adam Bilzerian sheds light on a secret 1975 Memorandum of Understanding masterminded by Henry Kissinger, whereby the U.S. guaranteed all Israel's oil needs in the event of a crisis, even at the risk of a domestic shortage. Renewed, in principle, every five years and theoretically still in force, its potential impact in the current Middle East context does not need to be explained. However, other examples of U.S. subservience to Israel’s interests abound, the latest one being the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012, which ensures Israel's "qualitative military edge" over all of its neighbors at the expense of the U.S. taxpayer.

VOLTAIRE NETWORK | 29 MAY 2012

Henry Kissinger and the man he controlled and eventually destroyed, President Richard Nixon. According to Robert Dallek, the author of "Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power," the former President doubted that Kissinger, as a Jew, could be objective on Mideast policy.

In 1975, the US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, secretly brokered a deal in which the United States of America guaranteed Israel's oil supply in the event of a crisis. The 1975 Israel-United States Memorandum of Understanding (see the full text below) required the United States to maintain an oil reserve for Israel and guarantee the shipping of that oil to Israel in times of emergency. This deal has cost the United States more than a hundred billion dollars since it was first enacted. The most troubling aspect of this deal was not the cost however, but the stipulation that in case of an oil emergency in which both the US and Israel needed oil, the US would give its oil to Israel. Section 3 (b):

- If the oil Israel needs to meet all of its normal requirements for domestic consumption is unavailable for purchase in circumstances where' quantitative restrictions through embargo or otherwise also prevent the United States from procuring oil to meet its normal requirements, the United States Government will promptly make oil available for purchase by Israel in accordance with the International Energy Agency conservation and allocation formula as applied by the United States Government, in order to meet Israel's essential requirements. If Israel is unable to secure the necessary means to transport such oil to Israel, the United States Government will make every effort to help Israel secure the necessary means of transport.

This is oil that would have been used to heat homes during the winter, power ambulances, and provide the fuel for tractors to farm America's agricultural lands. To put this into perspective, in the event of an oil crisis, the fuel that Americans would need to heat their homes, get them to work, and produce food would go to Israel. This agreement very well could have starved tens of thousands of Americans in order to save Israelis if an oil crisis would have taken place.

Henry Kissinger standing with then-Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat. President Nixon seriously doubted whether Kissinger could be impartial on Middle East policy saying, "Anybody who is Jewish cannot handle" Middle Eastern policy. He was proven right in 1973 when Kissinger purposefully withheld news of Israel's attack on Egypt and Syria during the Yom Kippur War for three and a half hours so Nixon would not intervene in the conflict. Kissinger then tried to cover up his treason by telling Nixon's Chief of Staff to lie to the media and say that Nixon was informed immediately after the attack. This unfortunately was a pattern. [Editor's note: To gain greater insight into the 1973 War, read "What Really Happened in the 'Yom Kippur' War?," by Israel Shamir, Counterpunch, February 12, 2012.]

On October 7, a telephone transcript between Nixon and Kissinger revealed that Kissinger was purposefully keeping relevant information from Nixon regarding Soviet perspectives on Middle East policy. And on October 23, Kissinger secretly drafted a letter to the Soviet leader without Nixon’s consent, and even raised America’s military readiness level to DEFCON 3 without discussing it with the president.

Although the US gave up some extremely costly and strategic concessions as a result of Kissinger's 1975 memorandum, there was absolutely no tangible benefit for the United States of America in the agreement. As a result of these facts, the 1975 Israel-United States Memorandum of Understanding was kept secret from the American people. In fact, the only reason the agreement is even known today is because the New York Times uncovered the agreement, which forced the government to quietly put it into the Congressional records.

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Israel-United States Memorandum of Understanding - 1975

American technology transferred from America to Israel...

Middle East Research and Information Project

US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund

The BIRD Foundation

United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation

...then from Israel to China thanks to Henry Kissinger:

Israel's Technology Transfer to China

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