Avi Abelow | X
Israel stands today at five decisive junctions: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and the future structure of the U.S.–Israel alliance. Each one demands clarity, not slogans.
First: Gaza.
Israel cannot move forward while Hamas still exists, armed, empowered, and dreaming of the next October 7. Hamas and Islamic Jihad are not “governing bodies.” They are jihadist armies. There can be no Phase B, no “day after,” without the return of the body of Ran Gueli z”l and the complete disarmament of Hamas. Anything less is surrender disguised as diplomacy. If Hamas refuses, Israel must retain full freedom of action to finish the job.
Regardless, let’s stop lying to ourselves. There can be no rebuilding Gaza for a population that overwhelmingly supported jihad, celebrated October 7th, and continues to sanctify the murder of Jews. Actions have consequences. Civilizations survive when moral lines are enforced.
Hamas must be completely disarmed and eradicated. Islamic Jihad must be dismantled. And Israel must remain in Gaza permanently to ensure neither ever returns.
Anything less guarantees another massacre.
And yes, President Trump’s emigration plan must be implemented. Not as punishment, but as realism. A population committed to endless war cannot remain embedded next to Israel’s heartland. Gaza cannot be rebuilt as a launchpad for jihad. Israel staying, combined with voluntary emigration, is the only path that ends the cycle of blood.
Second: Lebanon.
The illusion that the Lebanese government or army will ever disarm Hezbollah is dead. Iran controls Lebanon in practice, through Hezbollah, and uses it as a forward base against Israel.
Israel must enter southern Lebanon, disarm Hezbollah by force, and remain there. Not temporarily. Permanently. As long as Hezbollah exists in northern Lebanon under Iranian influence, Israel cannot afford strategic naïveté. Withdrawal invites war. Presence prevents it.
Third: Syria.
Any talk of retreating from southern Syria or Mount Hermon is reckless. Israel must remain in southern Syria, not only to protect our borders, but to protect the minorities now being persecuted by Jolani’s forces. Israel has both a strategic and moral responsibility to ensure that jihadist regimes do not entrench themselves on our doorstep.
High ground matters. Buffer zones save lives. Paper agreements do not.
Fourth, and central to everything, Iran.
Iran is the engine behind every front attacking Israel. Hamas. Hezbollah. Islamic Jihad. The Houthis. All roads lead to Tehran.
Iran is racing to rebuild its ballistic missile capabilities. Netanyahu must demand renewed, decisive action to destroy those capabilities, not manage them, not delay them. Destruction is the only language Iran understands.
And then there is the fifth issue, the one few are willing to say out loud.
The U.S. aid framework.
Here is the uncomfortable truth: so-called “aid” to Israel is not charity. Nearly all of it flows straight back to the United States, to American defense manufacturers, American workers, American R&D, and American supply chains.
Yet the aid framework has become a PR weapon used relentlessly by anti-Israel activists to portray Israel as a burden, a dependent, or worse, a colonial project propped up by American taxpayers.
That narrative is a lie. And it’s time to end it.
There is an opportunity now to redefine the relationship, not weaken it.
Instead of “aid,” Israel and the United States should move to formal bilateral trade, defense manufacturing, and joint R&D agreements. Same funding levels, or higher, but structured as a strategic alliance, not handouts. This ends the propaganda war against Israel overnight while strengthening U.S. national security, innovation, and defense dominance.
Israel is not asking America for favors. Israel is offering partnership.
A partnership that:
* Advances American military technology
* Strengthens deterrence against Iran, China, and global jihad
* Keeps U.S. defense dollars in U.S. factories
* Ends the false narrative of Israeli dependency
This is not about less America-first.
This is America-first done honestly.
Netanyahu must walk into that room not as a supplicant, but as the leader of a frontline ally, one fighting the same enemies, defending the same values, and contributing directly to American strength.
Reality is forcing clarity. The age of illusions is ending.
And if this meeting is handled with courage, it can mark the moment when Israel secures its borders, defeats jihad at its roots, and upgrades its alliance with the United States from aid to equals, and breaking the “golden handcuffs” that the U.S. foreign policy establishment has long used to manipulate and constrain Israel through so-called aid packages.
And all of this is being navigated through the Trump goal of changing the Middle East with Netanyahu to open up new and secure shipping lanes to the East to challenge China’s control.
We will not get everything we want or need, but the future is bright.
That is the future worth fighting for.
Remember, ultimately, it is God who is guiding history. Our role is to keep strengthening our faith, deepen our prayers, talk & share the truth, and do our part to move the world forward in the right direction during these redemptive times.
Am Yisrael Chai!!!
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