US financial aid to Israel not politically sustainable after midterms, former Biden official warns

Phil Gordon, former national security adviser to Kamala Harris, warns that US financial aid to Israel may become politically unsustainable after the Democratic midterm victory. He tells The Jerusalem Post that no future Democratic presidential candidate will support financial assistance to Israel, calling it 'probably a thing of the past.' Gordon cites declining American support across both parties, accelerated by the wars in Gaza and Iran, and notes a dramatic increase in Democratic senators backing conditions on military aid.

Phil Gordon, who served as national security adviser to former US vice president Kamala Harris, warned The Jerusalem Post that American public support for financial assistance to Israel has declined to the point where it may no longer be politically sustainable within the Democratic party. Gordon said he does not believe any candidate in the next Democratic presidential primary will support the notion of financial assistance to Israel, calling it 'probably a thing of the past.' His assessment comes after the Democrats' sweeping victory in the US midterm elections, which he described as a massive repudiation of the Trump administration's policies, driven by inflation, affordability, the war in Iran, and corruption allegations. Gordon noted that American attitudes toward Israel are deteriorating across both parties, accelerated by the war in Gaza and the subsequent war in Iran. He pointed to the dramatic shift in Democratic senators' willingness to support legislation conditioning military assistance to Israel, with support growing from a handful to 47 senators. Gordon argued that Israel can no longer assume the bipartisan consensus underpinning the US-Israel relationship will survive, and that Israeli officials must fundamentally rethink their engagement with both American political parties.