The Palestinian Forum for Israeli Studies
Over the last decade, popular support for Israel in the United States has been in decline. Israel’s response to the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, and the marked increase in Israeli violence against Palestinians throughout the occupied territories since then, have only accelerated this trend. What is new, however, is how American public opinion is beginning to impact local and statewide races in Democratic strongholds, legislative initiatives, and the discourse and debate leading up to the 2028 presidential race. Though much of the change is occurring among progressives and moderate Democrats, Republicans, too, are beginning to consider how to accommodate the growing dissent among conservatives concerning the “no-daylight” policy Israel has enjoyed in the United States. Posturing from Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls suggests an inflection point in which unconditional support for Israel from the United States is no longer a given.
The war on the Gaza Strip had repercussions on Israeli relations with regional and international countries, such as Russia, China, Turkey and others. What was striking, however, was the repercussions on Israel's relations with both Russia and Turkey. Therefore, the current paper will focus on the repercussions of the war and its impact on relations with these two countries, and its future after the war. The central question that the paper will try to answer is : Will the war bring about far-reaching fundamental changes in Israel's relationship with both Turkey and Russia? Or will the war-affected relations be emergency and return to their pre-war status?
In parallel with the war of destruction and annihilation that Israel continues to wage against the Gaza Strip for the sixth consecutive week, the circle of unity of voices calling in Israel to define the central concepts that formed the basis of the Israeli political security vision, which is unanimous in the fact that it has failed miserably and even completely collapsed, is expanding, day by day. In the restructuring of the organs, systems and arms charged with implementing this doctrine in the future.
The twentieth session of the Israeli Knesset, which lasted from May 7, 2015 to January 1, 2019, witnessed an unprecedented Wave of Occupation, Settlement -Supportive and Racist legislations. The twentieth Knesset dealt with 221 laws within this framework, of which 35 were passed in the final reading, in addition to six laws which were incorporated into those laws, which effectively means that 41 laws have been (legally enacted). There are still two bills in the agenda of the Knesset, in the first reading stage, which are to continue in the legislation process of the new parliamentary term.
With the advent of midterm elections in the USA in November 2018, increasing voices in Israel are warning against the consequences of deepening the divide between Israel and the Democratic Party. Prime Minister Netanyahu is consolidating his alliance with extremist Evangelical Christians, including leaders and proponents of the Republican Party. According to Netanyahu, these are ardent supporters of Israel and Israeli regional policy, particularly towards the question of Palestine and its settlement.
More than anything else, Israeli media reports have consistently suggested that the current stage is one of an outright confrontation between Israel and Iran.
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