US support for Israel weakens amid political shift

JERUSALEM — In the space of about 24 hours, US President Donald Trump suggested cutting off aid to Israel, a staunch critic of Israel won a key Senate race and the vice president partly blamed his own party’s landslide defeat on US-Israel relations. The rupture caused by Israel’s devastating military campaign in Gaza and the jointly launched war with Iran has shredded bipartisan US support for Israel that goes back decades. Democrats are fiercely divided over Israel, and Republicans are increasingly critical of its actions. In Israel, critics of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuse him of having mismanaged relations with the […]...Keep on reading: US support for Israel weakens amid political shift

Nov 7, 2026 - 15:00
US support for Israel weakens amid political shift
JERUSALEM — In the space of about 24 hours, US President Donald Trump suggested cutting off aid to Israel, a staunch critic of Israel won a key Senate race and the vice president partly blamed his own party’s landslide defeat on US-Israel relations. The rupture caused by Israel’s devastating military campaign in Gaza and the jointly launched war with Iran has shredded bipartisan US support for Israel that goes back decades. Democrats are fiercely divided over Israel, and Republicans are increasingly critical of its actions. In Israel, critics of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuse him of having mismanaged relations with the […]...

Keep on reading: US support for Israel weakens amid political shift

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