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US election confirms erosion of support for Israel, with even Trump questioning military aid
Compiled Nov 7
What happened
President Trump suggested cutting off military aid to Israel in a Fox News interview
The detail
Abdul El-Sayed, a critic of Israel who accuses it of genocide in Gaza, won a Senate race in Michigan
The detail
Vice President JD Vance partly blamed the Republican Party's election losses on U.S.-Israel relations
The detail
Netanyahu lost his parliamentary majority in last week's Israeli election
How it unfolded
Oct. 7, 2023: Hamas attacks Israel; Biden administration later bypasses Congress to approve emergency weapons sales to Israel · last week: Israeli elections held; Netanyahu loses his parliamentary majority · on Election Day: Trump suggests cutting off military aid to Israel in a Fox News interview · hours after Trump's remarks: Election results show Abdul El-Sayed defeating his Republican rival in Michigan's Senate race · the morning after the election: JD Vance posts a social media postmortem citing the need to 'change our relationship to Israel' · earlier this week: Yair Lapid says on X that a new Israeli government should send representatives to the U.S. to repair relations
By the numbers
$4 billion annual U.S. military aid to Israel · $21.7 billion total aid to Israel since Gaza war began · 2,000-pound bombs · 10 years timeframe for Israel to wean off U.S. aid · 24 hours time span of key events
Still unresolved
It is unclear if Trump's remarks on ending aid represent official policy or were a last-ditch bid to sway voters