US Army COL Nathan McCormack, the Levant and Egypt branch chief at the JCS J5 planning directorate, was relieved of his position and is "under investigation" for making negative public comments about Israel. The field-grade combat veteran referred to "Netanyahu and his Judeo-supremacist cronies" in Washington as having "overwhelmingly" enabled Israel's "bad behavior." "These pro-Israel activists in the US prioritized support for Israel over our actual foreign interests." COL McCormack has also bashed Israel as a "death cult" that is America's "worst ally." "The Western states go to great lengths to avoid criticism of Israel, much out of Holocaust guilt. Israel's actions over decades have prompted the accusations of ethnic cleansing and genocide. Netanyahu and his Judeo-supremacist cronies are determined to prolong the conflict for their own goals: either to remain in power or to annex the land," he wrote on social media in May 2025.