AMERICA - ISRAEL RIFT | IRAN PEACE TALKS TEARING THEM APART
Global Affairs Session 56 22 June 2026 US–ISRAEL RIFT? Estranged partners? What next? Israel and the United States have been strategic partners for more than seven decades, but June 2026 exposed a real rift. A US–Iran interim deal, a rebellious Israeli strike, and open Israeli defiance of Washington's terms pulled Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu apart in ways rarely seen in the alliance's history. This session traces the relationship from its 1948 origins to today's standoff, examines the domestic lobby that shapes US policy, and asks where the estranged partnership goes from here.