On the very morning of last week’s critical US midterm elections, President Donald Trump made what seemed like a shocking announcement: no more aid to Israel. “Bibi Netanyahu and I have made a deal that we give Israel $4 billion a year, and we made a deal months ago that we’re stopping,” Trump said. He went on to make two seemingly contradictory assertions: “We won’t be paying Israel” and “We’ll help Israel if they need it.” In truth, this prompted little euphoria among those who have long campa
