[Comma2976]

> The US had nothing to do with Israel forming beyond being part of the UN vote

I put on my history hat and check the books

> Liberia's Ambassador to the United States complained that the US delegation threatened aid cuts to several countries.

> After a phone call from Washington, the representative was recalled and the Philippines' vote changed.

> After considering the danger of American aid being withheld, France finally voted in favour of it. So, too, did France's neighbours, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.

> [......]

Mind you that I am not calling foul play here, this is par for the course for politics. This is just to refute the quoted point above, unless you consider bribery and threats of sanctions a "nothing".