Tia Goldenberg

Netanyahu is being seen as kind of, at least in the short term, the big winner of this conflict.

Pretty much for the length of...

Benjamin Netanyahu's political career, it's been decades now.

He's seen the Islamic Republic of Iran as a major existential threat for Israel.

He worked against essentially the Obama administration while it was negotiating a nuclear deal to rein in the nuclear program.

And he has increasingly over time seen the current leadership of Iran as intolerable and as something that Israel cannot accept.

And that has, of course, culminated in the events that we've seen over the past few days.

Netanyahu and Trump have grown increasingly close, especially since Trump returned to office this past year.

So this is obviously following Israel's battles against other militias in the region.

It's taken out Hamas leadership.

It's taken out Hezbollah leadership.

And this follows that trend.

Working with Donald Trump and getting Donald Trump to join in on this operation, on this war, was a major success for Netanyahu.

But the question is, does it come at the cost of a decline in public U.S.

support for Israel?

We've already seen that support declining throughout the war in Gaza.

So is this war eventually, even though it's come with major and important American support, could it eventually lead to a further decline in U.S.

public support for Israel?

Israel and the U.S. are trying to get a new aid system off the ground. Throughout the war, you've had traditional aid groups like the U.N. and other charities providing aid to Gazans where they are in the Gaza Strip. And Israel for the entirety of the war has accused Hamas of siphoning off that aid and using it to bolster its rule in Gaza.

Israel and the U.S. are trying to get a new aid system off the ground. Throughout the war, you've had traditional aid groups like the U.N. and other charities providing aid to Gazans where they are in the Gaza Strip. And Israel for the entirety of the war has accused Hamas of siphoning off that aid and using it to bolster its rule in Gaza.