The conservative movement has gone through a period of confusion in recent weeks. Former friends are feuding, well-known institutions are in turmoil, and some voices, both new and old, on the right are beginning to wonder aloud whether the United States should still stand with Israel.
That question deserves a decisive answer, and the answer is this: for our security, for democracy in the Middle East, and for the destiny of our nation, America must stand with Israel.
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Americans should always be open to discussion about how we spend our money abroad and whether our foreign policy truly serves the national interest. The rising generation in particular demands rigorous answers that go beyond empty platitudes.
But lately it seems like something deeper, something darker, has been driving these questions. After decades of conflict in the Middle East, some have been tempted to embrace isolationism, see moral clarity as naivete, and dismiss our allies as unwanted burdens under the burden of the enormous national debt. For others it is nothing more than anti-Semitism.
The acceptance of anti-Semitic voices on the left and right, from the halls of Congress to social media, represents a despicable and dangerous trend in American politics, and it must be vigorously opposed wherever it occurs. There is no place for anti-Semitism in the conservative movement.
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For nearly 80 years, the relationship between the United States and Israel has been more than a diplomatic arrangement. It has been a union of free peoples who share the same ideals: faith in God, faith in human dignity, and gratitude for the blessings of freedom. Israel’s survival has never depended on our charity; it depended on our partnership, and that partnership has made America safer and paid off.
Centuries before the founding of modern Israel, our Founding Fathers championed the return of the Jewish people to Israel and made special provisions for the Jewish faith in America. George Washington assured Jewish Americans that the young United States “gives no sanction to bigotry, no aid to persecution.” John Adams supported ‘the Jews again in Judea’ as ‘an independent nation’. Elias Boudinot, president of the Congress of the American Revolution, boldly suggested that “God brought into being these United States… for the purpose… of bringing his beloved people to their own land.” Even the famously frugal Benjamin Franklin once opened his treasury to help a local synagogue in Philadelphia weather financial difficulties.
But the case for Israel is much more than historical.
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Today, Israel is an oasis of democracy in a Middle East where dozens of its neighbors are Islamic states or still practice monarchies. It is a cruel irony that, in a world of 46 Muslim countries, the presence of one Jewish majority nation is seen by many of Israel’s neighbors as one too many. Thirty-one countries still refuse to recognize Israel on their maps. Some of them would like nothing more than to see Israel disappear from the map altogether. And yet Israel continues to persevere.
Thanks to Israel’s courage and the decisive attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities by the United States, we no longer live under a nuclear Sword of Damocles wielded by a regime that chants “Death to America.” From the Stuxnet cyber operation that crippled Iran’s enrichment program, to Israel’s assistance with U.S. airstrikes, and to many heroic covert operations, Israel has repeatedly helped slow Tehran’s progress toward acquiring nuclear weapons. These actions didn’t just protect Jerusalem and Tel Aviv – they protected Washington, New York, and every American city within the reach of Iranian hatred.
That may not matter much to a section of the New Right that confuses isolation with security. But the rest of us know better. We understand what it would mean if the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism were to one day possess nuclear weapons. When Israel takes on allies of the Iranian terror network, such as Hezbollah, Hamas and the Revolutionary Guards, it is not just doing what we want; it does what conscience and common sense require. It stands between civilization and chaos. Israel’s cause is our cause.
If Israel succeeds, as it did in 2024 by decapitating Hezbollah’s leadership in a precision pager bombing campaign, America will be safer. The practical situation for our alliance is clear.
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Centuries before the founding of modern Israel, our Founding Fathers championed the return of the Jewish people to Israel and made special provisions for the Jewish faith in America.
But at the heart of American support is still a matter of shared values and faith. We stand with Israel because we believe in good over evil, in good over evil, and in freedom over tyranny. Israel must be given the power to end the fight against those who wish to harm it, terrorists who hide behind women, children, hospitals and holy places while firing rockets indiscriminately at Israel. Peace and justice, inside and outside Gaza, require the destruction of Hamas.
Ultimately, Americans have always supported Israel because the very existence of this enduring nation testifies to God’s faithfulness. And the support of millions of Americans throughout the generations has been built on the age-old words of Genesis, where God promises to “bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through you.”
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For 250 years, America has been blessed like no other country in history. As we prepare to celebrate our blessings as a nation, I believe we must never abandon that promise or our beloved ally. If the world knows nothing else, let the world know this: America stands with Israel.
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