First came the imposed terms in Gaza, which left Hamas in place.
Then came a war of attrition with Iran, which also left us with an enraged enemy.
And now Lebanon: a halt, and a de facto ban on the IDF defending its own citizens in the north.
And the people who will have to live with this reality are not American citizens, but us - Israelis.
And the problem is not even Trump. He is acting in his own interests.
The problem is Netanyahu, who allows those foreign interests to displace our own.
And this is not just some abstract argument about money or prestige.
It is a question of existential threats to the very existence of our state being decided in a foreign country and for foreign motives.
His consistent policy of submission has brought Israel to a point where, in practice, vital decisions about its future are being made in Washington.
Lebanon is not America’s problem. Hezbollah’s rockets will not fall on Washington.
Hezbollah sits on our border. It is our threat, and our reality every single day.
Our citizens are the ones paying the price here.
Our interests here must come first.
But instead, the residents of the north are once again being left to wait for the next round: more rockets, more destruction, and more death.
And ministers learn about decisions they themselves are supposed to make from statements by the president of a foreign country.
This is no longer an alliance, but a path toward satellite status.
And it is especially dangerous because the United States is not an eternal master, nor one that is guaranteed to remain friendly to Israel.
Today, Trump is in power, eager to present himself as a peacemaker.
Tomorrow, another president will come - against a backdrop of rising antisemitism, growing anti-Israel sentiment, and an electorate that is becoming more and more hostile to Israel - and use the mechanism of pressure that has already been built in a completely different direction.
And this is only one possible scenario. A new American president could simply say:
we are a great power, we dictate the peace, and therefore the two-state solution will now be implemented - whether Israel likes it or not.
That is exactly how sovereignty is lost. That is how a country is lost.
Not in a single day, but step by step, when your own government keeps allowing others to shape the outcome of your wars for you and decide issues of vital importance in your place.
Netanyahu is leading Israel toward catastrophe.