Not at all man, I'm just going by your posts.
Your main comment on the matter was that you don't care about Israel.
Very happy to be corrected at any time.
Discussion
I don't mean any offense, but not caring about Israel when your country (the freest in the world) is its main financier, seems a bit unusual don't you think?
Maybe there is more to flesh out there.
Here’s where I’m at on Israel as someone who leans American isolationist.
AIPAC should be required to register as a foreign agent under the FARA. It openly lobbies the U.S. government in support of a foreign nation, and while it claims to be an American organization, its efforts clearly advance the interests of the Israeli state.
Under FARA any entity acting “at the order, request, or under the direction or control” of a foreign principal and engaging in political activity must register. If AIPAC’s coordination with Israeli officials is substantive, this threshold may well be met and if it isn’t, perhaps the law should be updated to reflect modern influence operations.
Second, we should end all foreign aid to Israel. Israel is a wealthy, technologically advanced country with nuclear weapons, a thriving economy, and a robust military-industrial base. The $3.8 billion military aid formalized under the 2016 Memorandum of Understanding is corporate welfare for defense contractors and a subsidy for endless conflict. Let them fund their own wars.
Third, I don’t have a personal stake in Israel/Palestine’s generations old religious and territorial dispute.
As an American taxpayer, I don’t want my money involved in a conflict that has zero direct benefit to the United States.
I want out of it financially, militarily, diplomatically.
Finally any federal antisemitism law that restricts speech is unconstitutional and un-American.
The First Amendment protects political speech even if it offends.
Criticizing Israel or Zionism is not hate speech; it’s protected expression under the first amendment.
Respect.
It is absolutely true that Israel is a money laundering operation for the US military machine (US tax-payer money funnel), and that entire political and media landscape is therefore oriented around supporting it.
I also agree with everything else you said, but personally would go one step further and suggest that nations should try and pressure israel to stop mass murdering kids, but that this is not necessarily consistent with a libertarian isolationist stance (so I accept this is my personal bias).
Thank you for clarifying your position. Peace.