re: Why do we waste so much attention & money on Israel & Palestine? Why don’t we just STFU?

Honestly your comment smells like the exhaled bong hit of some naive 20 something who doesn't know how the world works, how money or taxes work how international diplomacy works. Isolation is not possible in 2024. The money we spend there is a pittance compared to what we are spending to service our debt, that we mostly owe to ourselves.