“The wave of repression that the Trump administration initiated with my detention was intended to silence the movement for Palestinian liberation,” Mahmoud Khalil told a rally outside Columbia shortly after his release. “But they completely failed.”

Israel has been exposed as a dependent colony that relies on the West for its military adventures. And even still, it has failed to turn this advantage over Iran into strategic success. The Israel doctrine appears to be meeting its limits.

Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with Ted Cruz surprised many with his strong critique of the U.S.-Israeli alliance. But Carlson’s “woke right” view has a long history in conservative politics and should not be mistaken for Palestine solidarity.

“I’m not happy with Israel,” Trump told reporters, after Israeli fire threatened a fragile ceasefire with Iran. “They don’t know what the fuck they’re doing,” the president continued, referring to both of the countries.

The vast majority of the Republican party and a number of hawkish Democrats are rallying around Trump’s war on Iran.

Israel is constructing tunnels that Palestinians will be required to pass through in the heart of the West Bank, making large parts of the occupied territory accessible only to Israelis. The aim is to remove the Palestinian presence around Jerusalem.

After a week of anticipation, the U.S. struck Iran’s nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. Iran accuses the U.S. of “betraying diplomacy” and violating international law and the UN Charter.

Zionism offers a unifying identity for many American Jews. But as a Jew by Choice, born in Mexico and raised in the U.S., I’ve found that Black, Indigenous, and Chicanx thinkers’ theories of diaspora have helped me understand my own identity.

After Israel’s genocide became untenable for even Israel’s staunchest allies to support, the West needed a more “perfect villain” to keep backing Israel. And there was no better villain for an indoctrinated mind than Iran.

The war across the Middle East is part of a desperate effort to preserve Western superiority. All the fighting — whether in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, or Iran — is due to Zionism, and its role of enforcing the crushing force of the West.