People need to know this, because there is a mistaken impression out there that Israel accepts huge amounts of foreign aid from America and thus has to listen to America. An example of this was when (I believe) it was Netanyahu who said that Israel should get America's consent before it takes military action against Iran. This is obviously wrong for so many reasons, but it is also wrong to assume this because Israel does not, in fact, get the foreign aid from America that everyone thinks it does.
Since Netanyahu was prime minister, Israel reduced the amount of foreign aid it receives annually, to the point where it now gets zero foreign aid.
[See Caroline Glick's speech:
http://www.davidhorowitztv.com/restoration-weekend-2008/234-03-breakout-session-i-the-future-of-israel]
Israel does get MILITARY aid from America, but it is not as much as people tend to think it is, in fact Pakistan gets 10 times as much military aid from America as Israel does. [same source]
Israel is essentially free, there should be no pretense about this. Israel does not owe America anything. It is a sovereign country. It stands as it is, on its own two feet.
I wonder how many Israeli Jews feel compelled to listen to America based on the false assumption that America contributes a great deal of money to the country. Shouldn't Israelis know that this is not the case?