US midterm results spark fears in Israel over future of two countries' ties - BBC News

Staunch US support of Israel has been raised as one of the reasons why Republicans performed so badly.

Image source, EPAImage caption, Israel and the US have been staunch allies for decades

As the US midterm election results rolled in, long-held Israeli assumptions about the transatlantic alliance began to shatter.

"For us in Israel, this will be a generational sea change," wrote one prominent journalist in Israel's biggest-selling newspaper, right-leaning Yedioth Ahronoth. "The [prime minister, Benjamin] Netanyahu government sowed the wind and reaped the tsunami."

Israel's opposition leaders have lined up to blame their prime minister, with one saying the US results showed "just how toxic Netanyahu has become" among both Democrats and Republicans.

The prime minister himself has so far remained silent.