It’s now happening with President Donald Trump’s foolhardy war against Iran. But it wasn’t until Trump came to power that the U.S. finally agreed to attack Iran — first last June and then again on Feb. 28. But in trying to manufacture a casus belli with Iran, Trump and his aides inadvertently helped foster conspiracy theories about Israel. “The United States knew nothing about this particular attack,” Trump wrote on social media, even though Israeli officials told journalists they had informed their U.S. counterparts beforehand. The more the Iran war is blamed on Israel, the more it will do to turn public opinion against the Jewish state.

Source: Washington Post March 23, 2026 18:17 UTC