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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago club on 29 December 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago club on 29 December 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
AnalysisThe midterms were a thumping rebuke of the US-Israel relationshipAlice Speri

Even Trump seems to recognize that the relationship has become a political liability, and may never be the same