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By publicly declaring that he will ‘not allow’ Israel to apply legal sovereignty to the territories, Trump has once again demonstrated the need for Israel to become fully independent from the United States.
America’s sociopolitical trajectory, coupled with Donald Trump’s toxic behavior, should make clear to Israeli policy makers the need to prepare for a world in which Israel functions outside the US orbit.
The strike might have failed to kill the Hamas political leadership but its message to the region should be clear: Israel’s not on an American leash.
If the Abraham Accords are intentionally structured to function as a means of preventing Israel from applying sovereignty to the most important parts of our country, we should immediately pull out.
The fact that the media gave so much unwarranted attention to Gantz for what was so obviously an election stunt exposes the desperation of Israeli elites to avoid confronting the nation’s trajectory.
Israel fighting for the Druze in Syria doesn’t merely threaten Trump’s ambitions for a Nobel Prize. It also shows that Israel is shifting roles from that of a US proxy to that of an independent regional power.
These ‘extremist’ teenagers shouldn’t be attacked or defamed but rather moved into a role that could help them better serve the national interest.
In 12 days, Israel went from pummeling our enemies & dominating the region to allowing Washington to show our neighbors how easily we can be tamed.
Everyone understands why Israel attacked Iran. For years, the world has been waiting to see if & when we’d pull the trigger. We don’t need to explain it.
Over six thousand Jews expressed a desire for fresh ideas & new conversations about meaningfully participating in this chapter of Israel’s story.
While Netanyahu’s actions seek to increase Israel’s independence from the US as he empowers non-Western forces in Israeli society, his rhetoric often portrays Israel as a frontline outpost for the West.
While his rhetoric may sound supportive of Israel, Trump’s actions have been telling a different story.