Naftali Bennett wants his old job back. More precisely, he wants Israelis and Americans to believe that he, not Benjamin Netanyahu, is the responsible adult in the room. He wants to be seen as the statesman who can salvage the U.S.-Israel relationship before it fractures beyond repair.

That is the only honest way to read his recent ten-day tour of the United States and the alarmist debrief he issued upon returning. Israel’s standing, he declared, has “never been so bad.” The message was stark: bipartisan support is crumbling, young Americans are turning against the Jewish state, and Israel is becoming an international “leper.” It sounded like a policy warning. In reality, it was a campaign launch.

To be clear, the concerns Bennett raised are not imaginary. Antisemitism is growing in

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