Feedback loop: the tangled ties between the US election and the Middle East war

Benjamin Netanyahu has humiliated Biden's America and seems to anticipate Trump's return, but what would that mean for Israel? The year since the 7 October attack has demonstrated just how densely intertwined US presidential politics is with the trajectory of events in the Middle East. Each exerts a gravitational pull on the other, often in ways that are damaging for both. Foreign policy rarely matters much in US presidential elections, but this year could be an exception. In a contest likely to...