Out of curiosity, looked up $$ sent to Israel by our govt to try and find patterns and 1 stands out and ties into your oil discovery post: in 2014, DOI did a one and only expenditure (data goes back to 1951] for $25,597. Exploration?
What also stands out is that we’ve spent over $220,922,442,642 since 1951 on Israel with the bulk starting 1972. The only thing that changed during Obutthole’s years (despite claims of bad relationship) is that the USAID $$ trickled off but DOD remained constant ($3 billion annually).
Explorer.usaid.gov