“Like them, we [the modern State of Israel] had shaken off foreign rule; like them, we had to learn for ourselves how to reclaim the land, how to increase the yields of our crops, how to irrigate, how to raise poultry, how to live together and defend ourselves. Independence had come to us, as it was coming to Africa, not served up on a silver platter but after years of struggle, and we had to learn — partly through our own mistakes — the high cost of self-determination. In a world neatly divided between the "haves" and "have nots," Israel’s experience was beginning to look unique because we had been forced to find solutions to problems that large, wealthy, powerful states have never encountered.”
—Excerpt from Golda Meir’s autobiography “My Life,” published in 1976

issue, and from both aspects there is no doubt that Israel must look upon such aid as a historic mission, as necessary for Israel as it is beneficial to those we help. From the start of the State, before the tide of independence swept over Africa, our Government deemed it a principal aim of foreign policy to form links with the peoples of Asia and help their development forward as far as it could, within the limits of our modest economic and technical resources." — The Government Yearbook of 1959–1960.
What are the political, economic and moral reasons for Israel to be involved globally?