Israel's inconclusive parliamentary elections disappointed Washington officials who had hoped the opposition victory would help mend increasingly strained relations between the US and Israel after years under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Politico reports. Despite Trump's strong support for Netanyahu, figures in his administration and in both parties in Congress hoped for a change in the Israeli leadership. Neither the Netanyahu coalition nor the opposition secured a parliamentary majority, which could allow him to remain in office for months. "There is Netanyahu's fatigue here," said a former senior official in the Trump administration.

Israel's inconclusive parliamentary elections disappointed Washington officials who had hoped the opposition victory would help mend increasingly strained relations between the US and Israel after years under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Politico reports. Despite Trump's strong support for Netanyahu, figures in his administration and in both parties in Congress hoped for a change in the Israeli leadership. Neither the Netanyahu coalition nor the opposition secured a parliamentary majority, which could allow him to remain in office for months. "There is Netanyahu's fatigue here," said a former senior official in the Trump administration.