The Israel lobby flexed its power in US politics this week, which is bad for anyone who wants American policy to serve Americans first.

• Congressman Thomas Massie lost his Kentucky GOP primary after AIPAC-linked groups spent over $9 million to defeat him, with another $7 million from a Trump-aligned PAC run by operatives who also work on Israeli campaigns.
• Pundits like Jake Tapper and Ben Shapiro are now claiming Israel had nothing to do with it and Trump alone took Massie down, despite Israeli media openly celebrating the win.
• Trump called off another strike on Iran this week after military officials warned Iran had used the ceasefire to study US flight patterns, possibly with Russian help, making American jets vulnerable.
• Israeli TV leaked a plan to send commandos into Iran to grab enriched uranium, sparking outrage in Israel itself for tipping off both Iran and the American public to a risky operation US troops would likely carry out.
• Tucker Carlson went on Israeli TV and called Israel the most violent country in the world, refused to apologize for it, and told the host Israelis have no standing to call anyone else a terror regime after killing thousands of children in Gaza.

Outlook: Netanyahu is pushing Trump hard to restart bombing Iran, but US military advisers are warning against it and most Americans already oppose the war.