Some relationships stop being romantic after a while — and start feeling a little… suffocating.
You’re not sure anymore if you’re in a partnership — or foster care.
And that, more or less, sums up Israel’s relationship with the United States.

We used to be America’s golden child — the overachieving nephew who got compliments, missiles as gifts, and a warm hug at every U.N. assembly.
Today, we stand before Washington like a dependent teenager begging for allowance, while our Democratic “mom” scolds us for “misbehaving in the territories.”

Hello? We’re a sovereign country, remember?

Zionism was founded on the idea that “the Jewish people shall dwell alone,” that “if I am not for myself, who will be for me?”
But somewhere between draining the swamps and building the startup nation, we became the kid who always asks America:
“Can I, please?”

– Can we strike Iran?
– Can we build in Samaria?
– Can we ignore the deputy foreign minister of Congo shouting at us in the U.N.?

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Every strategic decision begins with a question:
What will Washington say?
What will The New York Times write?
Will the State Department spokesperson allow us to breathe?

We’ve reached a point where our government considers dismantling an outpost because President Biden didn’t like the color of the rooftops.

How Did We Get Here?

It didn’t happen overnight.
Dependency on the U.S. developed like every toxic relationship — at first, it felt flattering.

In the 1960s, when French President De Gaulle cut off the arms supply, America became our almost-exclusive source of weapons.
And since then — the attachment only deepened.

Camp David Accords? Funded.
Iron Dome? Subsidized.
Public diplomacy? Dependent on whether AIPAC approves the wording.

Instead of saying a polite “thank you” and growing up, we just got used to it.
We became a 76-year-old child still eating out of mom’s lunchbox, sending her daily reports, and scolding himself if he forgot to say thank you for the missiles.

The Democrats — No Longer Mom and Dad

Here’s the cruel twist:
Mom and Dad don’t love us like they used to.

Today’s America isn’t the America of Reagan — or even of Clinton.
It’s more like “militant progressivism with colonial guilt issues.”

Young Americans don’t see us as a tiny democracy in the Middle East — they see “an apartheid state oppressing indigenous Palestinians.”
Some of them aren’t even sure Israel should exist.
And these aren’t fringe voices — they dominate campuses, media centers, and even White House advisory teams.

Progressive American Jews are so busy saving the world, they forgot to save themselves.

The American Right: The Last One Still Smiling

So yes — someone still loves us: the American right.
But really, what was Israel supposed to say?
“We’re not taking Biden’s calls — we’re waiting for Trump?”

Before the Trump renaissance, the embarrassment was already ripe.
Netanyahu got more standing ovations in Congress than he ever did in his own coalition.
And Biden? He wrote a speech against settlements — then fell asleep halfway through it.

We’re trapped between two worlds, belonging fully to neither.
The American right sees us as the frontline against radical Islam.
The left sees us as the frontier of Western sin.
And meanwhile, we’re still asking ourselves:
Can we build in Ma’ale Adumim — or do we need permission from Florida?

Independence — Only in Memorial Day Speeches

Let’s talk straight:
A country that can’t take military action without a phone call from the White House — isn’t independent.
A country that’s afraid to say “this land is ours” because of a CNN report — isn’t sovereign.
A country that halts a military operation to avoid “interfering with the Democratic Party’s election messaging” — isn’t a state. It’s a branch office.

“What are we worth without America?”
That’s what everyone keeps asking — and that’s exactly the problem.

Time to Say: Thank You — But Let Us Breathe

This doesn’t mean cutting ties.
It doesn’t mean refusing aid.
It means remembering who we are.
It means daring to decide for ourselves.
It means understanding that our right to exist doesn’t come from a Pentagon document — but from blood, history, God, and stubbornness.

The Jewish state was founded to be free —
not to exist on the conditional approval of CNN,
not to beg every Congressman for aid packages,
and not to tremble at every scolding phone call from Antony Blinken.

If It’s Dependency — Let It at Least Be Mutual

We love America — truly.
But real love isn’t dependency. It’s respect.
Israel must free itself from the mindset that it can’t exist without America — and rediscover the simple truth that it can.

Because if, 76 years after independence, we’re still asking Uncle Sam for permission to live —
maybe we never really understood Herzl.

And perhaps it’s finally time to answer that phone from the White House —
and say politely, but firmly:
“Mom, thank you. But I’m not a kid anymore.”

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