one cannot but wonder how strange is it that even the funding of Israel, something meant to destroy us, ended up helping liberating us.

Economic judo. Use the force thrown at you to counter the enemies action in order to put distance between you and the aggressor, typically causing a poorly thought out and executed response.

We've seen this used many times before in regard to other entities e.g. MSM, corrupted opposition politicians, even against other heads of state. They always seem to fall for the trap. It's Lucy moving the football just before Charlie Brown runs to kick it.