A concerted pro-authoritarian effort between right-wing GOP in US & right-wingers inIsrael, including Netanyahu & GWB, pushed both countries toward fascism & erosion of civil liberties: a goal furthered by 9/11 itself.
"in the 21st century, being pro-Israel became understood as part of being tough on terrorism, which itself was a core conservative value. Taking a hard-line pro-Israel stance wasn't just an evangelical or neoconservative project anymore — it was a conservative one"