For decades, the cornerstone of Israel’s national security strategy has been the unshakeable, bipartisan support of the United States. It was a consensus built on shared values: democracy, the rule of law, and a mutual commitment to liberal ideals. Today, that foundation is not just cracking—it is crumbling. And as we look toward the upcoming U.S. election cycle, we must confront the uncomfortable reality that this erosion is being accelerated by the very people tasked with protecting the state: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his extremist cabinet.

The Blur of Extremism: From Washington to Jerusalem

The threat to Israel’s standing in the American political sphere is no longer a singular, predictable phenomenon. It has become a pincer movement, fueled by emboldened white supremacists on the far-right and a rising, anti-Israel orthodoxy on the far-left.

Consider the chilling visuals from Washington, D.C., where masked members of the Patriot Front—a white nationalist hate group—marched through the nation’s capital on Independence Day. It is a mistake to view such groups as merely a domestic American problem. When the Israeli government includes ministers who openly flirt with ethnonationalist rhetoric and challenge the democratic rights of minorities, the visual and ideological distance between the Jewish state and these hate........

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