He wont care and Trump will give him everything he wants – Peter
Amin Saikal
Professor of Middle Eastern, Central Asian and Islamic Studies
Donald Trump appears to have gained the upper hand in his relations with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at least for the time being. The US president shocked the Israeli leader last week by undercutting his main goals of extinguishing Hamas and securing Gaza for Israel. But Netanyahu is a master political tactician and cannot be expected to walk away from those ambitions.
Trump’s 20-point peace plan and Netanyahu’s public embrace of it has come against the backdrop of unprecedented global condemnation and isolation of Israel over the Gaza operations and, more importantly, a dramatic decline in Americans’ support for Israel. According to a New York Times and Siena University poll, more Americans side with Palestinians over Israelis for the first time since the poll began in 1998, and most American voters now oppose sending more economic and military aid to Israel.
In the past week, a Washington Post poll of America’s Jewry found more disapprove of Israel’s actions in Gaza than support them, and 68 per cent had a negative view of Netanyahu’s leadership. Six in 10 believe Israel has committed war crimes and four in 10 believe Israel is guilty of genocide.
Most alarming for Trump is the growing criticism of Netanyahu and his extremist ruling coalition from many prominent MAGA loyalists. They have questioned the value of America’s costly strategic partnership with Israel, the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in US politics, and Israel’s intelligence and military infiltration of the American administration.
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