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.