Blaming the Jews is the oldest trick in the book. It dates back to the Middle Ages where European aristocracy would project their shadow self onto Jews to disrupt uprisings.

US interests in the Middle East are dollar interests. The dollar is backed by oil, so they need control of oil to maintain economic hegemony.

Keeping people thinking Israel is the cause of ME conflicts prevents them from understanding the basic underpinnings of the US empire, which allows them to utilise jihadist groups etc.