A recent opinion piece published in The Times of Israel claimed that “Netanyahu’s Israel is costing American Jews.” The assertion reverses the truth. Israel’s defense of its people is not the source of diaspora alienation. The real fracture is self-inflicted, rooted in assimilation, political misjudgment, and a refusal to recognize Israel’s forensic, historical, scientific, and legal rights to its land.
History makes this pattern clear. Hashem has always used imperfect leaders to secure justice. Cyrus of Persia was a pagan king, yet he freed the Jews from Babylonian captivity and authorized the rebuilding of the Temple (Ezra 1). In modern times, Donald Trump, despite his flaws, delivered decisive outcomes: the recognition of Jerusalem, the US embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the Abraham Accords, and deterrence against Iran. Hashem works through imperfect instruments, and Jewish survival has never been contingent on Western approval.
Critics of Netanyahu invoke the “Masada Complex” to trivialize Jewish survival. Israel is not imagining siege; it is under siege. Hamas murdered over 1,200 Israelis on October 7, Hezbollah fires rockets from Lebanon, and Iran repeatedly vows to erase Israel from the map. To dismiss existential threats as psychology is to mock both history and evidence.
Accusations of “systematic starvation” in Gaza also collapse under scrutiny. According to COGAT, Israel facilitates hundreds of aid trucks into Gaza daily. The Wall Street Journal and US intelligence confirm Hamas diverts fuel, food, and medicine to its war machine. International humanitarian law places responsibility on Hamas for embedding itself in civilian infrastructure. Israel’s actions align with the law of armed conflict, not with the narrative of moral collapse.
The deeper crisis is deracination. American Jewry has severed itself from covenantal roots. According to Pew Research, 70–75 percent of American Jews vote Democrat despite that party empowering Hamas sympathizers and downplaying antisemitism on campuses. Intermarriage among non-Orthodox Jews is over 70 percent. To attach identity to a collapsing political ideology rather than to covenant and peoplehood is to guarantee disillusionment. Divided loyalties to culture and ideology are fragmenting American Jewish identity, not Israeli policy.
Other communities offer a contrast. African Americans, despite deep political disagreements, have historically maintained solidarity. Even those critical of Black Lives Matter rarely fractured their community in ways that undermined survival. That unity preserved African American identity through slavery, Jim Crow, and systemic exclusion. American Jews could learn from this communal loyalty. Instead, too many continue to align with politicians such as Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer, men who regularly distance themselves from Israel while benefiting from Jewish political loyalty. That is not survival, it is political lunacy.
There are exceptions worth noting. Senator John Fetterman has stood firmly with Israel despite pressure from his base. Representative Ritchie Torres has shown moral clarity in calling Hamas a terrorist organization. Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan, publicly affirmed Israel’s right to defend itself. These voices prove integrity is possible, though rare.
Antisemitism must also be confronted on the Right. Tucker Carlson mainstreamed the “Great Replacement” theory hundreds of times, rhetoric condemned by the ADL. Candace Owens trafficked in Khazar conspiracy theories and blood libel, earning the title “Antisemite of the Year” in 2024. Both echo replacement theology, the false doctrine that the Church has supplanted Israel. This heresy, still alive in parts of Catholicism and Protestantism, has fueled centuries of antisemitism and remains poisonous today.
I write as a Black Jew who knows what it means to survive. My people endured the exile of slavery and the exile of dispersion. Survival required unity, not betrayal. For American Jews, the path forward is not in blaming Israel for alienation. It is in confronting assimilation, rejecting political idolatry, and aligning with leaders who defend Israel’s forensic, historical, scientific, and legal rights.
Israel is not costing American Jews. American Jews are costing themselves.
- Dr. Janét Aizenstros is a Canadian-American investor, author, and acclaimed tech entrepreneur, internationally recognized for leading one of Canada most significant exits by a Black Jewish woman founder. She is Chair of Kingdom Dominion Capital, focusing on global investment, governance, and covenantal thought leadership. Aizenstros writes on geopolitical issues concerning Israel, the Covenant, and the Jewish diaspora through forensic-historical legal analysis, shaping conversations at the intersection of business and policy. She holds Ph.D. in Business Ethics, MSc.D. in Metaphysics, an MBA, and executive leadership certificates from Ivy League institutions worldwide.
Courtesy: Times of Israel
