Sylvan Adams, president of the World Jewish Congress Israel Region, has called on US President Donald Trump to publicly join the war against the Iranian regime, characterizing it as a pivotal moment in world history and a test of American moral leadership.
In a letter sent this week to the president, Adams expressed his gratitude for his support and implored Trump to back Israel as it escalates efforts to neutralize the Iranian threat, particularly Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and sponsorship of terror across the region.
“This is your Churchillian moment. Help Israel rid the world of this scourge,” Adams wrote. “Your steadfast promise that Iran will never be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons is a cornerstone of regional and global security.”
Citing Iran as the “world’s worst and most dangerous terror state,” Adams drew a direct line between the Islamic Republic’s actions and global instability, accusing it of masterminding atrocities from Gaza to Argentina.
“The Iranian regime is responsible for the October 7 massacre, the slaughter of 85 innocent souls in the Buenos Aires Jewish Center in 1994, the slaughter of 241 American servicemen in Beirut in 1983, and countless other terrorist attacks across the globe.”
Adams praised Trump’s prior leadership in exiting the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Iran nuclear deal and ordering the 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Quds Force, calling it “an important step in removing this scourge from our planet.”
He urged the president to once again rise to the moment by throwing his full support behind Israel’s existential fight. “The Iranian regime is on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons,” wrote Adams. “This is a redline, not just for Israel but for all of humanity.”
'Military necessity and moral and civilizational imperative'
Adams’s letter frames Israel’s current campaign against Iran not only as a military necessity but as a moral and civilizational imperative, asking Trump to help galvanize global backing for decisive action.
“The ayatollah’s regime is the world’s worst and most dangerous terror state, responsible for arming Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, Islamic Jihad, and numerous other bloodthirsty terrorist groups. This regime represents a clear and present danger not only to Israel and to American interests in the region but to the entire free world.”
Highlighting Israel’s resolve, Adams wrote: “Israel is now leading a historic battle against the head of the snake – the radical, Islamist, Iranian regime.”
Adams stressed that now is the time for others to act: “The United States must now join Israel and help rid the world of the mullahs and the Iranian regime that have threatened the world for far too long.”
In making his appeal, Adams cast the moment in historical terms, suggesting that Trump’s legacy as a statesman could be defined by how he responds to the Iranian threat. “Your destiny is to become the most consequential US president since Truman or, perhaps, even since Lincoln,” he wrote. He added that a free, liberated Iran “could even join the Abraham Accords, the brilliant, out-of-the-box peacemaking initiative of your first term.”
Adams affirmed the alliance between the US and Israel, noting, “There are no closer allies, nor better friends, in the world than Israel and the United States of America.”