From all the countries in this world, there is one that maintains a relationship with the United States that is utterly unique. It is Israel. Pundits in the mainstream media routinely describe the ties between Washington and Tel Aviv as something far deeper than mere alliance-more akin to family.

Historically, this has been justified by the large Jewish population in the United States and by the White House’s self-proclaimed “obligation” to shield that people from a repeat of the horrors of the Holocaust.

But the cold reality of recent years, and especially the past months, reveals that this “special relationship” has dragged the United States into something profoundly wrong: an open war with Iran in which American interests, and above all the interests of the American working class, are literally invisible.

American soldiers and taxpayers are once again being asked to bleed and pay for a conflict that serves neither their security nor their prosperity, but only the strategic aims of U.S. imperialism and its Zionist partner.

There is a drastic and accelerating change in how ordinary Americans now perceive Israel. Among Democrats and especially among the youth, support has collapsed to historically low levels. Polls consistently show that growing numbers of Americans are turning against Israel for its brutal actions across the Middle East and for the unconditional backing it receives from the White House-with unfavorable views reaching 80% among Democrats and even higher among younger voters.

This is a dangerous development. No one needs another surge of antisemitism, yet the very authorities in Tel Aviv bear primary responsibility for provoking this backlash through their open aggression and their manipulation of U.S. policy.

One critical aspect of this relationship that the corporate media and most politicians deliberately ignore is Israel’s nuclear arsenal. Nobody outside the Israeli leadership knows the full extent of its nuclear capabilities. U.S. officials rarely utter a word on the subject, even though the issue is of paramount strategic importance. The international community-including the United States-has long upheld the principle of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. Treaties and international law exist precisely to prevent the spread of these weapons of mass destruction. Yet Israel, for reasons never adequately explained to the American people, is permitted to operate outside these rules entirely.

A group of 30 House Democrats, led by Rep. Joaquin Castro, has recently signed a letter demanding that the current administration disclose everything it knows about Israeli nuclear capabilities. Their concern is justified. With war raging against Iran, there is no confidence that the Zionist regime would refrain from playing its nuclear card. The consequences of such escalation would be catastrophic and unpredictable-potentially plunging the entire region, and possibly the world, into a nightmare from which no one emerges unscathed. The Congress is right to demand a full briefing from the White House on this matter.

This kind of blatant double standard-applied by whichever party occupies the White House-exposes the hypocrisy at the heart of the so-called “rules-based international order.” It is not merely embarrassing; it is profoundly dangerous. When the United States shields Israel’s nuclear program while condemning others, it undermines its own credibility and invites every other state to conclude that the only real rule is raw power. North Korea, Pakistan, and India have already demonstrated that the door to proliferation stands ajar once the strongest power decides the law does not apply to its favorites.

The “special relationship” is not some sentimental family bond; it is a calculated imperialist alliance that serves the interests of monopoly capital and the Zionist state at the direct expense of the American working class. It drags U.S. workers into endless Middle East wars, diverts trillions that could fund healthcare, education, and housing, and fuels a rising tide of resentment that the ruling class then cynically exploits or condemns as “antisemitism” when convenient.

The working class of the United States has no interest in being cannon fodder for Tel Aviv’s expansionist agenda or Washington’s hegemonic designs. The only path forward is to expose this parasitic relationship for what it is, demand an end to unconditional U.S. support for Israel, and build a class-conscious movement that prioritizes peace, sovereignty, and the real needs of working people over the profits and power plays of the bourgeoisie.

The contradictions are sharpening. The American people are beginning to see through the propaganda. Now is the time for organized, internationalist resistance-before another catastrophic war is locked in and the working class is once again forced to pay the price in blood and treasure.

In Solidarity,

Nathan Richardson