Friend or Foe: Is This the Behavior of Our Greatest Ally?

America’s alliances should serve the American people, not bleed us dry while stabbing us in the back. For decades, we have been sold the myth that Israel is our greatest ally in the Middle East, a beacon of democracy amid chaos, deserving of billions in aid, unwavering military support, and blind loyalty from our politicians. But peel back the layers of propaganda, and what do you find? A nation that spies on us relentlessly, steals our technology, infiltrates our institutions, and manipulates our government through unchecked foreign influence. This is not alliance; it is exploitation. As former CIA counterterrorism officer and whistleblower John Kiriakou stated on the October 2, 2025, Truth Hurts Show, “The Israelis are not our friends, period.” If this is friendship, who needs enemies?

A Spy’s Game, Not an Ally’s Handshake

Kiriakou revealed a systematic intelligence operation. The Israeli embassy in Washington maintains just two declared intelligence officers, one from Mossad and one from Shin Bet, known to the CIA. But in the late 1980s, during Kiriakou’s CIA orientation, the FBI had identified 187 undeclared Mossad agents operating across the United States, embedded in our defense contractors to pilfer classified secrets. “We give the Israelis 99% of the technology that we have,” Kiriakou explained. “They’re trying to steal that last 1%.” Stolen designs, like advanced radar or missile systems, are repackaged for export, undercutting U.S. firms in markets from Asia to Europe. This hidden trade war costs billions in contracts and thousands of American jobs, turning our generosity into a weapon that hollows out our industrial heartland.

Take the F-35 fighter jet, America’s crown jewel of aerial dominance. The U.S. offered Israel a slightly downgraded version, the F-35I, to prevent sensitive avionics from falling into enemy hands if shot down. Israel resisted, pushing for the complete technology. When refused, Mossad agents infiltrated contractors like Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and Boeing to steal the upgrades. Meanwhile, allies like the United Arab Emirates accepted a similar downgraded F-35E without complaint. Recent accusations from U.S. defense firm Conflict Kinetics claim an Israeli Ministry of Defense employee stole confidential data in 2024, a fresh assault on our technological edge. This is a strategic erosion, where U.S.-funded tech fuels a rival’s rise, weakening the industrial backbone that secures our global power.

Bugs in Gifts, Eyes on Our Secrets

The betrayal extends to surveillance. Israelis are outright banned from CIA headquarters for liaison briefings. Why? Because every visit came with gifts, plaques, seals, trinkets, all laced with listening devices and batteries to eavesdrop on CIA officers. “We’re like, ‘You guys have to stop doing this,'” Kiriakou recounted. But they did not, forcing the CIA to rent safe houses for meetings. This mirrors a 2019 scandal where mysterious spy devices surfaced near the White House, suspected to target President Trump and his aides, with fingers pointing at Israeli intelligence. This is a digital ambush, exploiting our trust to monitor our leaders. It is a silent takeover, where an ally acts like a rival, scanning our secrets to gain leverage over our decisions.

Recruiting Americans, Owning Narratives

Kiriakou shared a personal encounter that exposes Mossad’s audacity. During his first liaison briefing as a junior Iraq analyst, in one of those rented safe houses, a Mossad representative zeroed in on him mid-introduction. Assuming his name sounded Jewish, the agent said, “You’re Jewish.” Kiriakou shot back, “I am not recruitable. Don’t even think about it.” His colleagues laughed it off afterward: “They do that to every one of us. They are so crude and so heavy-handed.” He filed a security report, but the pattern persists, Mossad targets Americans in positions of authority, confident in their political leverage.

The Jonathan Pollard case proves the stakes: convicted in 1987, he handed over thousands of classified documents on U.S. intelligence methods, satellite imagery, and weapon systems, material so sensitive that officials suspect Israel repackaged it for the Soviet Union in exchange for Jewish emigres. Pollard compromised U.S. agents worldwide, leading to executions in some cases, yet Israel never returned the stolen files despite promises. He was paroled in 2015 and fled to Israel, where he is hailed as a hero. This recruitment strategy now extends to media control. Bari Weiss, a vocal pro-Israel advocate, was installed as Editor-in-Chief of CBS News after Paramount Global, under Skydance Media led by David Ellison, acquired her Free Press for $150 million in October 2025 (far more that it was worth). David’s father, Larry Ellison, a staunch Israel supporter who has donated millions to pro-Israel causes like Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, controls a slice of U.S. media. Leaked emails reveal Ellison vetting politicians like Marco Rubio for Israel loyalty, weaving a web that shapes what Americans see and think.

The AIPAC Stranglehold

These actions are enabled by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which pours millions into campaigns, ousting critics like Rep. Jamaal Bowman while propping up Netanyahu loyalists. In 2024, AIPAC spent $100 million, including $2.5 million against Bowman alone. Yet AIPAC dodges registration under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), which requires foreign lobbyists to disclose activities and bans campaign donations. Kiriakou urged: Force AIPAC to register under FARA, and watch the house of cards crumble. They would have to report every meeting with Israeli officials, face felonies for hiding dealings, and stop bankrolling our elections. This chokehold fuels the $3.8 billion we funnel annually, a blank check for betrayal that binds our leaders to foreign interests.

A Call to Reclaim Sovereignty

America First means putting our sovereignty, security, and citizens above any foreign entanglements. Israel is not an ally; it is a leech, siphoning $3.8 billion yearly while undermining our interests. This is a velvet conquest, where espionage, recruitment, and lobbying weave a net that traps U.S. policy in foreign hands. The real cost is a democracy on its knees, its voice drowned by external agendas. Patriots, sound the alarm: enforce FARA on AIPAC, audit the aid, probe the spies. No more blank checks for betrayal. Break this stranglehold, or watch our republic suffocate under foreign weight.

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