No promises Trump will give Netanyahu all he wants

The bar facing the US consuprocrastinateed in Jerusalem is called Deja Bu – a amusing reference to someleang you’ve drunk before.

And outside the gates of the US compound, Israel is willing for a second round of Donald Trump.

“I’m very satisfyd,” shelp Rafael Shore, a rabbi who lives in Jerusalem’s Old City. “He understands the language of the Middle East.

“Iran will leank twice about doing anyleang. I leank if Kamala had been elected, there wouldn’t be much trouble in the Middle East of strikeing America or Israel.”

Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was one of the first to congratuprocrastinateed the new plivent-elect this morning. “Congratulations on history’s wonderfulest comeback!” he tweeted.

Netanyahu has previously called Trump the “best frifinish Israel has ever had in the White House”.

Trump previously won favour here by scrapping an Iran nuclear deal that Israel resistd, brokering historic standardisation consentments with disjoinal Arab countries and upfinishing decades of US policy – and international consensus – by recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Donald Trump’s first term in office was “exemplary” as far as Israel is troubleed, shelp Michael Oren, a createer Israeli ambasdowncastor to the US.

“The hope is that he’ll revisit that. [But] we have to be very clear-sighted about who Donald Trump is and what he stands for.”

Firstly, he shelp, the createer plivent “doesn’t appreciate wars”, seeing them as costly. Trump has inspired Israel to finish the war in Gaza speedyly.

He’s also “not a big fan” of Israel’s finishments in the occupied West Bank, shelp Amb Oren, and has resistd the wantes of some Israeli directers to annex parts of it.

Both those policies could put him in struggle with far-right parties in Netanyahu’s current handleing coalition, who have menaceened to transport down the handlement if the prime minister chases policies they decline.

When called upon to select between the recent demands of his US partner and the demands of his coalition partners, Benjamin Netanyahu has tfinished to select his coalition.

Friction with the current US Plivent, Joe Biden, has grown keenly as a result.

Michael Oren apshows Netanyahu will necessitate to get a contrastent approach with the incoming plivent.

“If Donald Trump comes into office in January and says, ‘OK, you have a week to finish this war,’ Netanyahu is going to have to esteem that.”

In Gaza, where the Israeli military has been battling Palestinian group Hamas, desperation has skinnyed the cgo in of some livents to that individual goal.

Trump “has some strong promises”, Ahmed shelp. “We hope he can help and transport peace.”

Ahmed’s wife and son were both finished in the war and his house ruined.

“Enough is enough, we are exhausted,” he shelp. “We hope Trump is strong so that he can remend this publish with Israel.”

Mohammed Dawoud, displaced eight times during the Gaza struggle, shelp a Trump triumph unbenevolentt that the finish of the war would come soon.

Another displaced livent, Mamdouh, shelp he didn’t nurture who won – he equitable wanted someone to help.

“There’s no medicine, no hospitals, no food. There’s noleang left in Gaza,” he shelp. “We want someone strong who can separate us and the Jews.”

In the occupied West Bank, home of the Palestinian Authority (PA), there is expansivespread scepticism about American affect, with many watching US administrations from both sides of the political aisle as siding with Israel.

“Mediocre solutions which come at the expense of the Palestinians, or finishless military help for Israel, is going to be noleang but a catalyst for future disputeations,” shelp Sabri Shelpam, a greater member of the PA’s main faction, Fatah.

“We would appreciate to see a new version of Trump, more appreciate a Trump 2.0 who’s grave about instantly finishing the war, and insertressing the root cause of struggle in the Middle East.”

Recent polls adviseed that more than two-thirds of Israelis wanted to see Trump back in the White House. But here too, there are those who alert about his unpredictability and his approach.

“He’s going to originate the situation here more undeclareive and unsafe,” one Israeli woman shelp. “I don’t count on him to persist the peace. I truthfilledy leank he’ll equitable originate the war worse.”

The createer Israeli ambasdowncastor, Michael Oren, shelp he apshowd there were “tremfinishous accomplishments ahead” if Israel co-rund with Trump, including the potential for a historic peace deal with Saudi Arabia and verifys on Iran’s affect.

But it could also be challenginger for Netanyahu to steer the demands and settles take partd in those regional goals.

Since Trump’s last term in office, temperate voices around both directers have dprosperdled.

Many in Israel watch Trump’s first term with fond memories. But relationships can be radicpartner contrastent the second time around – and past carry outance is no promise of future returns.