Newspaper: Netanyahu pushed 'Israel' to the bottom

A report by the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz criticizes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, asserting that he has pushed 'Israel's' standing in the United States to the bottom, and that the damage to its relations with its most important ally has reached an unprecedented level. The newspaper's editorial, titled 'An Unprecedented Level,' points to a decline in relations with the United States. The newspaper confirms that anyone following 'Israel's' behavior and its relations with countries around the world, foremost the United States, has been warning for years of an unprecedented crisis in its strategic relations with its important ally. It notes that Netanyahu ignored numerous warnings about the damage he was causing to US-Israeli relations, and that the damage continued with his blatant interference in American politics in favor of Trump and the Republican Party, pointing out that the results first appeared in the decline of 'Israel's' standing among supporters of the Democratic Party. However, the newspaper says the decline is no longer limited to Democrats, adding that over the past two years, Netanyahu's government has caused a sharp decline in 'Israel's' standing within the Republican Party. It warns of the repercussions of this shift on bilateral relations, saying every Israeli needs to realize how much the image of the State of Israel has deteriorated in the eyes of American public opinion, and what that will mean for the future of relations. The newspaper notes that in July, increasing signs of differences in views between US President Donald Trump and Netanyahu emerged, including the cancellation of a visit Netanyahu intended to make to the United States to meet the US president. A poll conducted by the American Pew Research Center in April showed that 60 percent of Americans now hold a negative view of 'Israel,' while 28 percent expressed a 'very negative' view.