Many American Jews want a close US-Israel alliance. The Iran war shows how it can be a trap

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/many-american-jews-want-a-close-us-israel-alliance-the-iran-war-shows-how-it-can-be-a-trap/

For the past two weeks, this is the uneasy reality American Jews have been confronting: Most of them want a close US-Israel relationship, and are witnessing a case study in that alliance apparently growing closer than ever, at least militarily.

But at the same time, that strong bond has proven to be a trap. The close cooperation between Israel and the US has generated fierce backlash against Israel in the United States among the war’s many critics.

That backlash, in turn, seems to be turbocharging an already powerful wave of antisemitism.

When Debra Shushan, a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Jewish Civilization, was asked what the best-case scenario would be for American Jews at the end of the war, she responded, “The best-case scenario is that this ends as soon as possible.”

“They’re scratching their heads, trying to figure out, why are we doing this? Why are Americans losing their lives?” she said. “A substantial part of the answer seems to be that [Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu talked him into it. Look, it’s ultimately not good for Israel, either. It’s not just about American Jews.”