It is more secure from threats than at any time since its founding. But the war in Gaza, and attacks on Iran and Lebanon, have undercut Israel’s standing among the world’s democracies.

The latest networks of volunteers are hyperlocal and focused on responding to federal actions. As the crackdown becomes more intense, so could confrontations.

Camp Mystic, on the banks of the Guadalupe River near Hunt, Texas, has been operated by generations of the same family since the 1930s.