In about two and a half years, a new president will enter the White House. It is too early to know whether it will be Republican or Democrat, but one thing is already clear: US-Israel relations will not return to what we once knew. The unconditional support and the assumption that Washington will stand by any Israeli government, regardless of its policies, are already fading—a process that will almost certainly accelerate in the next administration. If the next president is a Democrat, they will come from a very different party than the one that brought Joe Biden to the White House, and they will be elected by a changing Democratic electorate—more critical of and less unconditionally committed to Israel. According to a Pew survey from April 2026, eight out of ten Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents hold a negative opinion of Israel. In a Gallup poll from February 2026, the percentage of Democrats who expressed a positive view of Palestinians was 65 percent, compared to only 17 percent who expressed a positive view of Israel. But all this data does not mean that the next president will be detrimental for the state of Israel. On the contrary, instead of fearing him or her, we should hope that a president will be elected who will not only appreciate our alliance but also help us get out of our........

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