Trump’s victory throws diplomatic bombshell into Israel's multi-front war

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The Trump win could push Hamas to prefer a deal under Biden, believing terms would be better given Trump’s pro-Israeli stances and Qatar ties.​

President-elect Donald Trump’s comeback victory Tuesday weakens diplomatic efforts to end Israel’s multifront wars in the short term and calls into question US long-term support for Israel’s military campaigns against Iran and its proxies.

It’s the equivalent of a diplomatic bombshell, whose chilling effects will be felt almost immediately, and which already seems to freeze such ceasefire efforts.

Trump’s policies on all issues relating to Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran will be diametrically different than his predecessor US President Joe Biden and he will chart a new course.


That knowledge alone creates chaos in a war, in which the US had taken the diplomatic lead in ceasefire initiatives and backed Israel on the diplomatic stage. It has also headed a defensive military coalition that protects Israel from Iranian missile attacks and has supported Israel with military weaponry and supplies.

The Biden administration’s role this week is already not what it was last week. The question now is what can happen in the next three months and what would happen after January 20.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with former US president and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, last week in Florida. Israel embassy staff certainly cringed upon hearing Netanyahu’s unveiled dig at Kamala Harris, the writer maintains. (credit: AMOS BEN GERSHOM/GPO)Theoretically, a Trump victory should be a celebratory event for right-wing Israelis and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in particular.Netanyahu was quick to congratulate Trump on X, writing, “Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America.