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<\/a>Israel Braces for Hostile US Congress After Democratic Midterm Sweep; Opposition Blames Netanyahu<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nDebbie Weiss<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Israel faces the prospect of a far more hostile US Congress after Democrats swept Tuesday\u2019s midterm elections<\/a>, raising concerns in Israel over the future of American military assistance and dealing a major blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s hopes of renewed US military action against Iran. <\/span><\/p>\n The war against Iran was a major election issue, with rising fuel prices and mounting economic costs fueling voter discontent. President Donald Trump acknowledged Wednesday that the conflict had played a part in his party\u2019s defeat but defended his decision to launch the joint US-Israeli campaign. <\/span><\/p>\n Vice President JD Vance also blamed the campaign against Iran for the Republican defeat, saying \u201cthe reason we lost is the war<\/a>.\u201d He also cited dissatisfaction with America\u2019s relationship with Israel as one of four major reasons the Democrats won.<\/span><\/p>\n One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was \u201ccomposition\u201d\u2014whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up.<\/strong><\/p>\n So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we\u2019re going to shock the world? \u201cNo,\u201d he told me. \u201cWe might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump\/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump\/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn\u2019t sharp enough down the stretch. I\u2019m sure that\u2019s true.<\/strong><\/p>\n But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.<\/strong><\/p>\n Another pollster\u2014one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we\u2019d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1) End the war<\/strong> Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She\u2019s also a great person.)<\/strong><\/p>\n In the next few months, there\u2019s going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I\u2019m open to the idea that we should change enforcement\u2014by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you.<\/strong><\/p>\n The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019d like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that\u2019s at least honest.<\/strong><\/p>\n But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.<\/strong><\/p>\n I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, \u201cI told you so\u201d: you\u2019re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let\u2019s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014 JD Vance (@JDVance) November 4, 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Israeli opposition leaders said the midterm results exposed Netanyahu\u2019s failure to maintain bipartisan support for Israel in Washington and warned a government with him as a prime minister would lead to international sanctions, diplomatic isolation, and confrontation with the US.<\/span><\/p>\n Yair Golan, chairman of Israel\u2019s center-left Democrats party and a former deputy chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), said the results demonstrated how \u201ctoxic\u201d Netanyahu has become among both Democrats and Republicans, arguing his continued rule could put Israel \u201con a path toward international sanctions, international isolation, and a confrontation with the US, our friend and most important ally.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Netanyahu, who is fighting to keep his own seat following an inconclusive national election<\/a> last week, is \u201cdangerous to Israel,\u201d Golan wrote on X.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe have no time to waste. We must form a government of change now,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n Former Prime Minister Yair Lapid, currently the opposition leader and leader of the centrist B\u2019Yachad party, said the American election results had effectively ruled out any prospect of his bloc forming a national unity government under Netanyahu<\/a>, warning that his continued leadership would \u201cendanger Israel\u2019s security and democracy and crush us internationally.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Gilad Kariv, a lawmaker from the Democrats party, echoed Golan\u2019s remarks, accusing Netanyahu of having \u201cdestroyed relations with the Democratic Party and with half of the Republican Party.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe dramatic blue wave in the US makes one thing unequivocally clear: The continued rule of Netanyahu, alongside the annexationist policies championed by Smotrich, will severely damage the existential interests of the State of Israel,\u201d Kariv said, referring to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNetanyahu must vacate the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, and do so quickly,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n Netanyahu\u2019s right-wing and religious bloc secured 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset, leaving it short of the 61 needed for a majority<\/a>. The Zionist opposition parties won 48 seats \u2014 also not enough to form a government \u2014 while Arab parties secured 19.<\/span><\/p>\n Israeli President Isaac Herzog received the official election results on Wednesday and began consultations with political parties before deciding whom to task with forming the next government. Netanyahu remains caretaker prime minister, while former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the centrist Yashar party, is seeking to assemble an alternative coalition.<\/span><\/p>\n As Americans went to the polls on Tuesday, Trump announced in an interview with Fox News that he and Netanyahu had agreed to end approximately $4 billion in annual US assistance<\/a> to Israel by the end of 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe were giving them $4 billion. We are, but it gets cut off at the end of the year,\u201d Trump said, arguing that Israel no longer needed the money.<\/span><\/p>\n Trump said Netanyahu had initiated the proposal and acknowledged that continued financial assistance to Israel had become a political liability for Republicans.<\/span><\/p>\n Eisenkot slammed the move, telling Israel\u2019s Channel 13 that the defense establishment\u2019s learning of a major change in US-Israel relations through the media showed Netanyahu\u2019s conduct posed a \u201creal danger.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNetanyahu must provide answers to the citizens of Israel this very evening,\u201d he said. <\/span><\/p>\n Golan also criticized the announcement, warning that Israel needed to replenish its offensive weapons stockpiles and restore air defense capabilities depleted during the prolonged fighting.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA responsible prime minister would be fighting to increase American assistance, not eliminate it,\u201d he said, according to Ynet.<\/span><\/p>\n The midterm results also included a number of victories by candidates strongly critical of Israel, notably Democrat Abdul El-Sayed<\/a>, who defeated Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan to become the first Muslim elected to the US Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n El-Sayed, who has campaigned against US military assistance to Israel and accused the country of genocide in Gaza, reiterated his position in his victory speech.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe want our taxes spent here, for schools here, and healthcare here, and infrastructure here. We don\u2019t want our money sent to do apartheid, or genocide, or war,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n El-Sayed also mocked the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC<\/a> over its unsuccessful spending against him.\u201dThank you for giving me the opportunity to beat you twice,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n Ahead of the election, Udi Sommer, a political science professor at Tel Aviv University and head of its Barak Leadership Center, warned that the incoming Congress could be the most hostile to Israel in American history.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to hear members of Congress say vile and hateful things about Israel that, even in our wildest imagination three years ago, we never dreamed would be said about Israel from the floor of Congress,\u201d Sommer told Channel 12.<\/span><\/p>\n He warned that a Democratic victory could give lawmakers greater leverage over Israel through congressional hearings, oversight, and budgetary measures, although the president retains primary authority over US foreign policy.<\/span><\/p>\n Netanyahu, who received Trump\u2019s explicit endorsement<\/a> ahead of Israel\u2019s general election, had not publicly commented on the Democratic victory as of Wednesday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion’68,<\/em> Israel Braces for Hostile US Congress After Democratic Midterm Sweep; Opposition Blames Netanyahu Debbie Weiss Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to speak to the media after voting at a polling station in Jerusalem on Oct. 27, 2026, on the day of Israel\u2019s legislative election. 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