Israel Faces Growing Rift With US as Support Erodes After Iran War, Midterms

Bloomberg Politics6 November 2026, 15:10 UTCIsrael

The Democratic sweep in the US midterms heralds a transformation of the alliance, but Israel’s political elite don’t seem to grasp the scale of the crisis or its causes.

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