American Jews’ Support for Israel Is Near Its Breaking Point

What’s more, Netanyahu, Israel’s
longest-serving prime minister and the man who’s asleep-at-the-switch
leadership helped ensure the success of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, terrorist
attack against Israel, which led to its catastrophic response, has adopted the
Trumpian tactic of gaslighting truth tellers, denying observable reality, and
blaming deep-state leftists and alleged traitors for raising any questions,
even going on MAGA manosphere bro podcasts to make his case.

Netanyahu argues for U.S.-Israeli control
of food distribution in Gaza because, as he said back in March, after breaking
off ceasefire talks, “Hamas is currently taking control of all supplies and
goods entering Gaza.” In fact, as the Times reported, the Israeli
military never found any proof that Hamas had systematically done so
when Israel was allowing the U.N. to distribute food and medicine. He also
insists that when “Israel is presented as though we are applying a campaign of
starvation in Gaza,” this is “a bold-faced lie. There is no policy of
starvation in Gaza. And there is no starvation in Gaza.”

Now Netanyahu is reported to be threatening to annex parts of Gaza
unless Hamas meets his demands. In this regard, as in so many others, he is
being led by the nose by the far-right ministers in his government who hold the
key to his political survival (and therefore are keeping him out of
jail). For instance, his National Security Minister Itmar Ben-Gvir recently declared, “The only way to win the war and bring back the
hostages is to completely stop the ‘humanitarian’ aid, conquer the entire Gaza
Strip, and encourage voluntary migration.” Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu
congratulated the prime minister for “racing ahead for Gaza to be wiped out.”