"Why has this relationship endured with such extraordinary durability for so long?

To answer that question requires looking beyond the ceremonial language of democracy and shared values that usually defines the alliance. It requires examining the historical forces that made the partnership possible—and the political structures that continue to sustain it."

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"For generations the alliance between the United States and Israel has been treated in Washington as something close to unquestionable—an assumption embedded so deeply in American strategic thinking that it often appears less like a policy choice than a permanent feature of the geopolitical landscape.

Which raises a deeper question."

~ Elisabeth Glassco

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400years.substack.com/p/no-one…

“No One Wants to Fight for Israel”—So Why Does America Keep Doing It?

For generations one relationship has shaped American strategy in the Middle East—though the forces sustaining it are rarely discussed openly.

^{Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco (400 Years)}

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:that the American Jewish organizations keep pushing for. And I don’t think that these people in these positions either understand or are willing to understand how dangerous their actions are for us as American Jews."

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"But the oligarchy that runs American Jewish organizations, the large donors, the people who work for those very large donors, that is a very cloistered, self-enclosed world in many ways. And I think it shields people from an actual understanding, in some ways, of what’s happening in American society, about the suffering that Americans endure as a result of these wars," (continued in /4)

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Beinart:

"[The US Jewish estabishment] can’t distinguish between what the Israeli government wants and what’s good for the American people.

And I think partly, this is a result of how cloistered the American Jewish establishment is. I’m not talking about American Jews in general. American Jews are widely integrated into American society in all kinds of ways."

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peterbeinart.substack.com/p/th…

The Danger This War Poses to American Jews

It’s Almost Guaranteed To Supercharge Antisemitism

^{Ken Silverman (The Beinart Notebook)}

Both Jason Stanley and Peter Beinart ask today whether the Trump-Netanyahu war on Iran might step up antisemitism. Stanley says,

"Restrictions on speech critical of Israel lend unwarranted legitimacy to antisemitic ideologies. For the sake of both democracy and Jewish safety worldwide, it is therefore essential to allow citizens to freely criticize Israel without fear or sanction."

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zeteo.com/p/democracy-criticiz…

Citizens in a Democracy Must Be Allowed to Criticize Israel

If you cannot say what is true about Israel’s horrific actions in the world, you do not live in a democracy, writes fascism expert Jason Stanley.

^{Jason Stanley (Zeteo)}