‍The claim that Israel somehow forced the United States into a war with Iran is not new. It is simply the modern version of one of the oldest conspiracies in political history: the idea that Jews secretly control world events.

Strip away the updated vocabulary, and the accusation becomes familiar.

For more than a century, antisemites have promoted the fantasy that Jews manipulate governments and start wars for their own benefit. The forged text The Protocols of the Elders of Zion popularized the myth that Jews secretly controlled global politics and finance. That conspiracy theory later became one of the ideological pillars of modern antisemitism.

Today the language has been modernized. Instead of “international Jewry,” critics speak about “Zionists controlling Washington.” Instead of global domination, they claim Israel manipulates American military power.

But the underlying structure of the accusation is identical.

And like the myths that preceded it, it collapses under even a basic examination of history.

The War Between Iran and the United States Did Not Begin in 2026

The idea that Israel dragged America into war depends on a convenient act of historical amnesia.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has been in direct conflict with the United States since the moment it was born in 1979.

That year, Iranian revolutionaries stormed the American embassy in Tehran and held fifty-two Americans........

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