What we know
What we know: US election confirms erosion of support for Israel, with even Trump questioning military aid
Compiled Nov 7
What we know
- President Trump suggested cutting off military aid to Israel in a Fox News interview
- Abdul El-Sayed, a critic of Israel who accuses it of genocide in Gaza, won a Senate race in Michigan
- Vice President JD Vance partly blamed the Republican Party's election losses on U.S.-Israel relations
- Netanyahu lost his parliamentary majority in last week's Israeli election
- The U.S. has provided $21.7 billion in aid to Israel since the start of the Gaza war, according to an academic study
- Netanyahu has said he wants to wean Israel off U.S. military aid over the next 10 years
What we don’t know yet
- It is unclear if Trump's remarks on ending aid represent official policy or were a last-ditch bid to sway voters
- The White House did not respond to a request for more details on Trump's aid comments
- Vance cited an unnamed pollster who told him what Republicans need to do to win back voters
- Netanyahu has not commented on Trump's remarks about cutting aid
- It's uncertain whether Netanyahu's opponents will be able to replace him in a new government
Open questions
- Will Trump actually follow through on cutting military aid to Israel, or was it campaign rhetoric?
- Who will lead the next Israeli government, and will it change policy toward the Palestinians?
- Will Vance's more critical stance toward Israel become mainstream Republican policy?
- How would Israel finance weapons purchases if U.S. aid were cut off?
Drawn from the Associated Press report. “What we don’t know” lists only what the reporting itself flags as unresolved.