A president who did not know Joseph: Israel must prepare for the day after Trump | Ilana Shoshan

Attorney Ilana Shoshan argues that Israel must prepare for the day after Trump, in light of his announcement to end U.S. aid to Israel by the end of the year and the victory of Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, whose opposition to aid was part of the message through which he won. She calls for reducing dependence on aid and for economic and security independence.

On November 3, in the midst of the U.S. midterm elections, President Donald Trump announced that American aid to Israel would end by the end of the year and claimed that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed on this months earlier. Trump responded to the erosion of support for Israel in the United States and to a video supporting Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed, in which a couple shopping at a supermarket was forced to return eggs and bananas to the shelf, claiming their money was going to fund Israel's war. El-Sayed won in Michigan and called it 'the Arab capital of America.' The author, attorney Ilana Shoshan, argues that Israel must prepare for the day when a president who did not know Joseph sits in the White House, and quotes Ron Dermer on the need for a relationship that serves U.S. security. She calls for reducing dependence on American aid, while recalling the delays in arms shipments under the Biden administration.