If Biden had enforced the Leahy Law on Netanyahu, it would’ve saved both American political parties—& Israel itself—a world of drama.
Now both Democrats & Republicans are facing civil wars within their parties that pivot on one litmus test in particular: US support for Israel.
Nov 17, 2025 10:44It’s an incredible position for both US parties to be in.
And it’s an alarming turning point for many supporters of Israel to see, as US support becomes not just hotly debated, but the sharpest wedge driving a rift amongst Democrats & MAGA alike.
This was all so avoidable.
If Yahya Sinwar was practicing strategic, as opposed to merely expressive, terrorism, one imagines it was to achieve something rather like this:
Israel plunging into the terrorism trap & falling on the weight of its own spear in the court of US public opinion.
