Israel's star has fallen: US midterms leave Israel out in the cold - report Israel once enjoyed bipartisan support in Washington, but the Democrats' overwhelming victory in the midterms - with some new lawmakers deeply critical of the Gaza war - has left it with fewer members in Congress, the New York Times reports. Billions in annual US military aid are now on the chopping block. The results are revealed against the background of Israel's inconclusive elections and a possible new round of conflict with Iran. Trump announced on election day that he would cut nearly $4 billion in annual aid "at the end of the year", although the current agreement will last until 2028. Netanyahu's opponents caught the results: -. "The results we are seeing today are exactly why Israel has always tried to maintain a bipartisan policy towards America," said former ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff, who noted that Netanyahu has become "the prime minister of Israel most dependent on an American president." " —. "He can't be trusted anymore, and he must be replaced," said contestant Gadi Eisenkot. Analysts claim that the US will remain Israel's most important strategic partner, but the mid-term term "should be a wake-up call to invest more seriously in relations across the entire American political spectrum. " substack | chat.

Israel's star has fallen: US midterms leave Israel out in the cold - report Israel once enjoyed bipartisan support in Washington, but the Democrats' overwhelming victory in the midterms - with some new lawmakers deeply critical of the Gaza war - has left it with fewer members in Congress, the New York Times reports. Billions in annual US military aid are now on the chopping block. The results are revealed against the background of Israel's inconclusive elections and a possible new round of conflict with Iran. Trump announced on election day that he would cut nearly $4 billion in annual aid "at the end of the year", although the current agreement will last until 2028. Netanyahu's opponents caught the results: -. "The results we are seeing today are exactly why Israel has always tried to maintain a bipartisan policy towards America," said former ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff, who noted that Netanyahu has become "the prime minister of Israel most dependent on an American president." " —. "He can't be trusted anymore, and he must be replaced," said contestant Gadi Eisenkot. Analysts claim that the US will remain Israel's most important strategic partner, but the mid-term term "should be a wake-up call to invest more seriously in relations across the entire American political spectrum. " substack | chat.