A Washington Start-up: How the Theocratic “Greater Israel” Project Replaced American Interests in the Middle East

From the “American Peace” to Israeli Diktat: Trump Sacrifices US National Security for the Biblical Ambitions of Settlers.

Buried beneath the rubble that American propaganda suggests we rebrand as the “Riviera” are not only bodies, but also the last remnants of international law, diplomatic ethics, and, most painfully for Americans themselves, the national interests of the United States.

The Trump administration will go down in history as the government that definitively and irrevocably handed over the keys to US Middle East policy to the Israeli far-right. Today, Washington isn’t just supporting Israel—it has become its lawyer, lobbyist, and armed wing, forgetting that for decades, America’s role in this land was to balance interests and protect its own energy and military hegemony, not to blindly follow the religious dogmas of another country’s politics.

“Divine Right” vs. International Law: The Diplomatic Scandal of the Century

A telling moment that tore off the last masks of American diplomacy was a statement by the US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee. In a podcast released in February 2026, this high-ranking Washington official made a declaration that shocked even the seasoned diplomatic elite of the Middle East. Huckabee proclaimed that Israel has a “biblical right” to seize the entire Middle East. When journalist Tucker Carlson asked for clarification on what exactly the biblical borders entail, the US ambassador replied with a smile, “It would be nice if they took it all.”

These words came as a shock not only to Palestinians but also to America’s key allies in the region. The backlash was immediate. Egypt and 13 other Arab and Muslim nations, including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE, and Turkey, issued an unprecedented joint statement. They called........

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