The pro-Israel movement cannot defeat Islamist extremism by embracing hatred of Muslims. Yet as the Abraham Accords approach their sixth anniversary, a loud faction within the movement is doing precisely that and threatening one of the most consequential achievements it claims to defend.

This faction insists it is protecting Israel. But when its rhetoric stops targeting Hamas, Hezbollah, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Muslim Brotherhood, and other extremist movements and begins targeting Muslims as a people, it is not protecting Israel. It is isolating Israel, alienating potential allies, and handing Islamist propagandists exactly the narrative they want.

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That warning came through with unusual force in my recent conversation with Loay Alshareef, an Abraham Accords peace advocate, historian, and Middle East affairs speaker. He has challenged radical Islamists, often at personal cost, without renouncing his faith.

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“I fight this battle as a Muslim, not as an ex-Muslim; as a proud Arab and a proud Muslim,” he told me.

That is precisely why his message matters. Alshareef is not asking anyone to soften the fight against terrorism or conceal the ideology that fuels it. He is demanding that Israel’s supporters preserve the distinction between Muslims and the extremists who weaponize Islam. Refusing to make that distinction is both morally indefensible and strategically reckless.

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