Because Americans have, by and large, admired and respected Israel, considering it to be one of its greatest allies, anyone who thought it would be easy to get them to turn on the Jewish homeland really had their work cut out for them.
Rolling up their sleeves, they came up with the “genocide” accusation, hoping that everyone would muster sympathy for women and children who they claimed were being purposely slaughtered.
As tempting as it was to believe that such a wanton act was being perpetrated, most common-sense Americans understood the difference between a country’s right to defend itself and the evil act of murdering an entire race of people.
It was easy to sell the libelous claim to those already poised to believe the worst about Jews, but it just didn’t go over with the majority of Americans.
Enter the next phase – one much more vicious and personal in the form of a meme that has gone viral. It’s a picture of President Donald Trump, wearing an Uncle Sam hat, pointing his finger straight at the reader, saying, “I WANT YOU to die for Israel.”
The message hits a bit too close to home, but wasn’t that the intention? Designed to tug at the heartstrings of everyday Americans, whose sons, daughters, nieces, nephews, and friends have signed up to serve in the military, the piercing words suggest that this beloved kid you know is being recruited to give their life for Jews.
Now you’re talking!
There’s a real chance that such an insidious warning will get Americans to turn on Israel en masse. It was bad enough for our soldiers to die in the Vietnam war – whose goals no one really understood – but now, depict a war solely for the purpose of protecting Jews, and that becomes a bridge too far.
Aided and abetted by podcasters, politicians, and the famous, the accusation that this is “Bibi’s war” has taken off. Everyone is faithfully repeating the same mantra, believing that if it’s said enough times, it will stick.
Why else would Trump decide to risk all of his assets – soldiers, the war machine, billions of dollars, and even the temporary economic forecast of a country already feeling the pinch from the inflation that began several years ago?
None of it does any good for the Trump administration, desperately trying to distinguish itself as the “fixer” of all that went wrong in the last administration.
But as Americans shell out more and more money at the gas pump or have to forego buying steak at the supermarket because it’s just too cost-prohibitive, that nasty meme begins to take shape, making people connect dots that wouldn’t otherwise be connected.
And who stands to gain from the accusation? The line is long!
Take Kamala Harris, who, on Saturday, addressed a Detroit audience, telling them that “Donald Trump was pulled into a war with Iran by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu” (Kamala Harris accuses Netanyahu of pulling Trump into Iran war, JPost, April 19, 2026).
The Democratic Party certainly scores points as the message of Trump and the Republicans, forcing Americans into an unnecessary and unwanted war, is hammered home to them. Who else?
Popular podcaster Megyn Kelly has also dubbed this, “Bibi’s war” on Facebook. Laying out her case, Kelly calls Netanyahu a liar as she tries to convince her audience that none of this would have happened had it not been for the close relationship between the two men.
This is just the type of explosive, accusatory, and libelous claim meant to sway those still sitting on the fence because it hits them personally.
Who benefits from the narrative?
It’s one thing when someone is faced with the thought of a faraway genocide of faceless individuals, who are of no consequence to them, but it’s another when these two politicians conspire to kill young American men and women by sending them off to fight on behalf of Jews.
You can bet your bottom dollar, or shekel, that this kind of imagery works! Who else stands to gain? How about the entire pro-Palestinian movement, which has invaded every corner of the globe, working side by side with their woke compadres, who, together, are doing their level best to change hearts and minds when it comes to viewing Israel through the lens of the oppressor/colonialist role!
Already having made great strides through the campus protests and elsewhere, this Trump/Uncle Sam meme is the extra push that was needed in the public relations war to smear the State of Israel as well as Jews in general, fueling more antisemitism to an already boiling cauldron.
A lot rides on turning against Israel, and the reason it’s so important now is because the stakes are very high. America was just starting to remember who Israelis are – people who helped pull off a super-daring rescue effort of an American pilot who had been shot down behind enemy territory.
Israel’s superior intelligence capabilities were on display for all to see. This meant that the false libels were systematically being torn down, while a more accurate image of Israelis was being unmasked. Something had to be done before it was too late!
And that’s where this horrible meme came in. Meant to return the affections of Americans back to their own, it undid all of the positive press of the last couple of weeks at a time when everything is coming to a head.
Now that diplomatic efforts have failed, and the trigger is about to be pulled, how will this go over with American interests?
How will it be received once their sons and daughters become the casualties of war? And how long will it take for the US citizenry to turn against Israel, blaming them for the loss of their best and brightest?
This is the game plan, and it’s most effective when it speaks to each individual person, convincing them that it’s all because of the Jews.
Never underestimate the power to turn an entire nation against the only Jewish state in the world, and don’t think that it won’t affect the local Jewish population within that country, because it already has.
In this tug of war between good and evil, the bad guys will do whatever it takes to make sure their side wins – even if it means using the very same people whom they also despise!
The writer is a former Jerusalem elementary and middle school principal. She is also the author of Mistake-Proof Parenting, available on Amazon, based on the time-tested wisdom found in the Book of Proverbs.
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