![āThe better path for Israel right now, in my view, is for Israel to ask friends like Germany, Poland and Czechia to block any Spanish initiative, and I think they will,ā Abrams continued. āSanchezās hostility to Israel is not consensus among EU leaders, even given their criticism of [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu.ā
Cook said Washington is unlikely to step in unless core defense supply chains are threatened. He noted that the āonly way the U.S. would get involved is if Europeans tried to hold up parts for [Israelās] F-35s [fighter jets],ā adding that ācritical components are built in Europe.ā
Fitton-Brown, on the other hand, said that the U.S. should take action in response. He argued that a potential option could be for Washington to āquestion Spainās right to protection from NATO,ā adding that the U.S. could argue that such members that āundermine a key U.S. ally do not qualify as allies themselves.ā
āThe U.S. should make clear that it will not tolerate anti-Israeli policies beyond a certain point,ā Fitton-Brown said. āSanchez is almost equally showy in his anti-Americanism, and should be taught that such a policy is not without costs.ā](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vlpy6zuqqum5tumv7b6dw5fp/bafkreictghrwdwlc6zwutk5sx3gnbefhymswsw5lxpcagytg6zl257y7xi)
āThe better path for Israel right now, in my view, is for Israel to ask friends like Germany, Poland and Czechia to block any Spanish initiative, and I think they will,ā Abrams continued. āSanchezās hostility to Israel is not consensus among EU leaders, even given their criticism of [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu.ā Cook said Washington is unlikely to step in unless core defense supply chains are threatened. He noted that the āonly way the U.S. would get involved is if Europeans tried to hold up parts for [Israelās] F-35s [fighter jets],ā adding that ācritical components are built in Europe.ā Fitton-Brown, on the other hand, said that the U.S. should take action in response. He argued that a potential option could be for Washington to āquestion Spainās right to protection from NATO,ā adding that the U.S. could argue that such members that āundermine a key U.S. ally do not qualify as allies themselves.ā āThe U.S. should make clear that it will not tolerate anti-Israeli policies beyond a certain point,ā Fitton-Brown said. āSanchez is almost equally showy in his anti-Americanism, and should be taught that such a policy is not without costs.ā
Pro-Israel analysts in Washington DC want Trump to threaten Spain (and other European countries) with de facto expulsion from NATO if they're too mean to Israel, a country not in NATO and not even in a treaty-bound relationship to the US.
