We are living through a moment that, just a few years ago, would have seemed unimaginable. The United States, Israel, and in many ways the entire free world are blessed to have a president like Donald Trump, someone who not only puts America’s interests first, but also clearly understands that a strong, sovereign Israel is a strategic asset to the United States, not a burden. Rarely, if ever, has there been an American president so willing to challenge failed assumptions, speak in terms of strength, and recognize the Middle East for what it is, not what US policymakers wish it to be.
But let’s not rewrite history. Jews have never been able to blindly rely on any single political party in America. I grew up in the 1970’s, 1980s and 1990s, when key figures in the Republican leadership were far from reliably pro-Israel, captured in the infamous attitude of Secretary of State James Baker, whose frustration with Israel reflected a deeper disconnect. And on the other side, during the years when many Jews placed their trust in the Democratic Party, especially under Clinton, what we received was a suffocating “bear hug”, support that ultimately pushed Israel toward dangerous concessions in the so-called peace process with jihadi enemies who never once hid their true intentions to destroy us.
Even with that, there was a time when Israel could rely on the United States as a stable, bipartisan ally. That time has ended, not because Americans don’t care, and not because the alliance lacks strategic value, but because the internal reality of the United States is changing in ways too many in Israel still refuse to confront. Support for Israel within the Democratic Party has been steadily eroding, overtaken by a toxic convergence of progressive ideological forces and jihadi Muslim influence, two camps that, despite their contradictions, are united in their hostility toward Jewish sovereignty, the destruction of America as we know it, and all of Western civilization.
But it doesn’t stop there. The same jihadi Muslim forces have also been focused on destroying the Republican Party from within. A shocking new recording recently exposed Islamic strategists in the UK openly discussing plans to infiltrate America’s conservative movement, targeting Texas as a base of influence. Their strategy is not confrontation, but penetration, entering the MAGA ecosystem, influencing key voices, and redirecting the conservative base toward Islamic “soft power.” They even named specific influencers shaping conservative thought. This is not fringe. This is strategic.
And it confirms something I heard directly from a U.S. Congressman in a private meeting last year. He told me plainly that Israel must become independent, especially in its ability to produce its own weapons, because he sees a future where support for Israel is weakening on both sides of the political aisle. And his insight went even deeper: America doesn’t just help Israel, America needs a strong Israel. A strong, independent Israel strengthens the United States militarily, technologically, and strategically. But if Israel becomes dependent on an America that is itself becoming unstable, on both sides of the asile, then both nations become weaker.
The warning signs are already here. Just this past week, an Iranian missile struck near Jerusalem’s Old City, putting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at risk, with another fragment landing near the Temple Mount. At the same time, Christians in Syria were attacked by radical Islamist groups. The IDF exposed a Hezbollah terror tunnel running beneath a church in southern Lebanon. And in Jerusalem, the Latin Patriarch was temporarily denied access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre due to missile threats, until Israeli leadership intervened to restore access while protecting lives.
Four major developments directly affecting Christians. Yet what was the one story that dominated attention in the media across the Christian world? The Holy Sepulchre. Not the attacks on Christians in Syria. Not Hezbollah embedding terror infrastructure beneath a church. Not the broader reality of jihadi Muslim threats to Christians across the region. Just one narrative, framed in a way that subtly places Israel as the enemy of Christians.
That is not accidental. There is a growing, coordinated influence campaign shaping how Christians, especially in the United States, understand Israel. Political influencers, media figures, and ideological actors are increasingly pushing anti-Israel narratives into Christian audiences, distorting reality, erasing context, and redirecting sympathy away from the truth. And it is working. This is how influence operates today, through narrative control and by reframing reality.
The jihadi Muslims know exactly what they are doing as they know that the Evangelical community in the United States is the biggest and most influential voting block in the Republican party, and they are trying to destroy that support.
If this trend continues, it will not only reshape the Christian world’s relationship with Israel, it will weaken one of Israel’s most important pillars of support.
Which leads to an unavoidable conclusion: Israel cannot build its future on assumptions about American support, whether from Democrats or Republicans. Both are now vulnerable to forces that do not share Israel’s values, or America’s.
Israeli leadership must act swiftly in light of this new reality. We must build the capacity to stand as independently as possible, militarily, economically, and strategically, not because we seek to weaken the alliance with the United States, but because that is the only way to preserve and strengthen it. A dependent Israel becomes a liability. An independent Israel becomes a force multiplier, for America and for the entire free world.
This war has already demonstrated that truth on the battlefield. When confronting the Islamic regime of Iran, the United States could not rely on NATO allies or regional Muslim partners for meaningful military support. It relied on Israel. As Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stated clearly, “Israel is a force multiplier” for the United States. And as underscored in the Pentagon’s 2026 National Defense Strategy, Israel stands as a model all, unmatched by any other.
Israel today is not a threat to Christians or to the Christians in the Middle East. Israel is their shield. Jihadi Muslims are the threat, literally persecuting them across North Africa and the Middle East, and planning to persecute them in Western countries as well.
The tragedy is that too many Christians are being convinced to see it otherwise. And that is not just dangerous for Israel, it is dangerous for Christians, the future of the United States, and for the moral clarity of the entire Western world.
The Jews in Israel understand this jihadi enemy we are facing. The problem is that not enough Americans understand.
All Christians and freedom-loviing people around the world must know, the Jewish state of Israel has your back in this civilizational war for our freedoms.
Stand with us as we stand on the frontline of the freedom-loving world against the jihadi crusade against us all.