It's hard to make a case for Trump having made America "great" again over these past four years, but there is no question he has made Israel greater than ever (not to be confused with more secure than ever).
From moving the embassy, to ceding the Golan to Israel, to greenlighting unlimited settlement on the occupied territories, to the "Deal of the Century," to ditching the Iran deal, to dispatching Soleimani, to the Abraham Accords, the last four years have been truly golden for Israel's extremist ruling coalition.
And the happy days aren't over yet. Just yesterday, America's Jesus-loving Secretary of State promised Netanyahu that the US would henceforth get tough on the legions of American Jew-haters who try to disguise their antisemitism as "legitimate" criticism of Israel's seventy-plus years of genocidal anti-Palestinian policies. Furthermore, rumours abound that Trump is toying with a parting gift for his fan club in the Knesset; a direct military attack on Iran.
Does any serious person imagine that Biden finds Trump's pro-Israel moves objectionable?
No. Unquestioning Israel boosterism is Washington's most successful example of bipartisanship.
Unfortunately, while this blind allegiance to the Likudniks has been good for the ruling clique in the Holy Land, it's not, in the long run, good for Israel or for peace in the region. Many times we have heard top IDF boffins speculate aloud about how many hundreds of thousands of missiles Hezbollah has squirrelled away in the hills of southern Lebanon. A direct attack on Iran would in short order provide some clarity on this question... but by then it will be too late to matter.
In the long term, the most serious existential threat to Israel comes from their Christian Zionist cheerleaders in Washington.
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