For more than a year, the United States has steadfastly backed Israel in its Gaza war while quietly counseling restraint.They ultimately decided not to take action, despite Israel not meeting metrics on the number of aid trucks and a new UN-backed assessment warning of imminent famine in Gaza.

The day after the US election, right-wing factions in Israel clearly felt emboldened. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a leader of the 600,000‑strong West Bank Jewish settler movement, told reporters that Donald Trump’s victory gives Israel the chance to impose sovereignty over that area,

Following Trump’s election, Israel needs to adjust to the new political reality of the US and work to restore bipartisan support for the Jewish state