While the fighting goes on, observers note President Trump's election could have a profound impact on Israel's wars and the entire Middle East. Many consider the first Trump administration the most pro-Israel in American history.
- He moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and acknowledged the city as Israel's capital.
- He agreed Israel should possess the strategic Golan Heights.
- His White House pushed for the Abraham Accords, forging alliances between the Jewish nation and former Muslim foes.
One major opportunity in the second Trump administration may be the addition of more nations to the Abraham Accords. Brokering deals between Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and the Jewish state seems the surest way to turn old enemies into allies who will work to end wars so they can do business and prosper together in the region.
Still, this may involve talking the Saudis out of their insistence that Israel first agrees to allow the West Bank and Gaza to become the new nation of Palestine – the so-called "two-state solution."
After the October 7th massacre committed by Gaza terrorists, Israel is more wary than ever that a Palestinian state would peacefully co-exist side-by-side with the Jewish state.
One of the thorniest problems is dealing with Iran, armed to the teeth with powerful missiles and prepared to rain them down on Israel.
In the immediate future, that would be revenge for Israeli jets attacking Iran on October 26th.
Tehran resident Mohammed Reza Khorram Nezha instructed his government to "Give a response as harsh and powerful as possible to those who attacked the Iranian soil, including Israel the usurper. I ask them not to back down on this at all."
Soon the Islamic regime may be armed with nuclear-tipped missiles which it has threatened to use on Israel. Tehran could also target the U.S., the country the mullahs label "The Great Satan."
There is much talk now of Israel annexing the West Bank (biblical Judea and Samaria) or at least vast swaths of it, to protect the Jewish communities inhabiting the land.