Trump puts an American First, and Israel rejoices

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-puts-an-american-first-and-israel-rejoices/

The freeing of Edan Alexander was a wonderful instance of US and Israeli interests overlapping. But Netanyahu was sidelined, and there is daylight between the two leaderships on a widening number of key issues, just as JD Vance had warned there would be

Having ignored Netanyahu in securing Alexander’s release, the US president also appears increasingly at odds with the prime minister over the cabinet-approved imminent intense escalation of the fighting in Gaza, and the coalition’s determination not to end the war.

In October, at the height of the US presidential election campaign, Trump’s running mate, now Vice President JD Vance, warned resonantly that “America’s interest is sometimes going to be distinct” from Israel’s. He was speaking not in the context of Gaza, but of Iran: “Sometimes we’re going to have overlapping interests, and sometimes we’re going to have distinct interests,” Vance repeated. “And our interest very much is in not going to war with Iran.”