Not surprising that significant changes coming up and hastened by these Midterms elections. Below is a really worrying article on NY Times. It made sense for Netanyahu to rush his best friend Trump to launch the war on Iran because Netanyahu knew the winds of change blowing and would blow even harder as time goes by.
And bless Senator Van Hollen!!
Vice President JD Vance’s message
on Israel last week was as blunt as anything coming from Democratic politicians.
For Republicans to win elections after the midterm wipeout, Mr. Vance
wrote on Wednesday, they must end the war against Iran, which
President Trump and Israel started, and also “change our relationship with Israel.”
Coming from a leading Republican who is considering a presidential run in 2028, it was an extraordinary volley against U.S. policy on Israel, which over decades has received robust military, diplomatic and economic support.
That backing had long been a bipartisan pillar of U.S. foreign policy. But it has eroded in recent years, first among Democrats angry about Israel’s war in Gaza and the treatment of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and more recently among some Republicans who blame Israel’s government for encouraging Mr. Trump to launch the war in Iran.
The war has led to soaring gas prices and higher inflation. Many of Mr. Trump’s supporters also view it as a betrayal of his pledge to avoid “
forever wars.”
Israel still has strong support among many politicians in Washington, including
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the top Democrat in the Senate. They argue that the United States must continue its traditional backing for a
democratic, Jewish nation that has been attacked by armed groups for decades and whose powerful military serves as a partner force.
...
Senator Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, said in an interview that his top priority in the new Congress would be to “end the ‘blank check’ of American taxpayer support for the government of Israel.”
In September, all but one Senate Democrat voted for a bill Mr. Van Hollen had sponsored that would require the State Department to produce a human rights report on violence by Israel in the West Bank, including in the deaths of Palestinian Americans. The effort failed, but it was a sign that many Democratic politicians were ready to pursue sanctions against Israel.
