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xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoA woman passes by a banner depicting Israeli প্রধানমন্ত্রী Benjamin Netanyahu and US রাষ্ট্রপতি Donald Trump day after the country held a national নির্বাচন, in Jerusalem, October 28 , 2026 [File: Ronen Zvulun/ Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff and ReutersPublished On 5 Nov 20265 Nov 2026Israeli opposition politicians have blamed প্রধানমন্ত্রী Benjamin Netanyahu for eroding support for ইসরায়েল in the যুক্তরাষ্ট্র after Democrats won control of Congress, and pledged to “strengthen bipartisan” ties if they form the next সরকার.। The comments on Wednesday came after Democrats won majorities in both the Senate and the House on Tuesday in a sharp rebuke to US রাষ্ট্রপতি Donald Trump, fuelled in part by deep frustration over the US and ইসরায়েল’s war on Iran.। The vote came a week after ইসরায়েল’s own নির্বাচন, in which Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition lost its parliamentary majority but did well enough to deny his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, a clear path to replacing him.।

Yair Lapid, a former প্রধানমন্ত্রী whose party is part of the coalition seeking to unseat Netanyahu, said on Wednesday that the US results showed “ইসরায়েল cannot afford” for Netanyahu to remain in office.। “It endangers our security, it jeopardizes our democracy, and it will ruin our standing on the global stage,” Lapid wrote on social media.। For decades, the US has been ইসরায়েল’s staunchest ally for generations under presidents of both parties, providing billions of dollars a year in military aid since the 1970s. But unlike previous Israeli leaders, who carefully courted Democrats and Republicans alike, Netanyahu has openly sided with Republicans.।

Some Democratic candidates made criticism of military aid to ইসরায়েল amid its genocidal war on গাজা a central campaign theme. On Tuesday, Trump, who had endorsed Netanyahu in ইসরায়েল’s নির্বাচন, pledged to halt $4bn in annual funding to ইসরায়েল, saying the move would take away a “bad talking point” for Democrats.। Lapid said ইসরায়েল must go “back to the rule that worked for us for seventy years and broke in 2015, when Netanyahu went to speak in Congress” against then-রাষ্ট্রপতি Barack Obama. He was referring to Netanyahu’s controversial speech to Congress that year, in which he warned against the nuclear deal Obama was negotiating with Iran, aligning himself with the former রাষ্ট্রপতি’s Republican opponents.। “I said it then, I say it today: ইসরায়েল doesn’t choose sides in আমেরিকা. We work with everyone,” Lapid wrote on X.।

Lapid acknowledged that there was “no question” that the “anti-ইসরায়েল core” in Congress “has grown,” but said it amounted to less than 10 percent of the Senate. He noted that Democratic lawmakers Hakeem Jeffries would lead the House and Chuck Schumer the Senate .। “Both are my friends; both voted with ইসরায়েল this year even when the majority of their party caucus voted otherwise,” he said.। Eisenkot said that under his leadership, ইসরায়েল would restore its bipartisan ties with Washington.।

“We will renew and deepen that অনবদ্য জুটি, strengthen the bipartisan foundations that have long sustained it, and work with our allies to advance a Middle East defined not simply by the absence of conflict, but by the presence of opportunity and cooperation,” he wrote on X.। “ইসরায়েল will remain one of আমেরিকা’s most reliable and capable strategic partners in the Middle East, a অনবদ্য জুটি that is mutually beneficial for both peoples, in every aspect,” he added.। Yair Golan, whose party is also part of the anti-Netanyahu coalition, said the US vote showed “just how toxic Netanyahu has become” among Democrats and Republicans alike.।

He warned that if Netanyahu and his far-right সরকার stayed in power, ইসরায়েল would be on “a path toward international sanctions, global isolation, and a confrontation with the যুক্তরাষ্ট্র”.। Netanyahu did not immediately respond to the opposition’s criticism.। The American ইসরায়েল Public Affairs Committee, the leading pro-ইসরায়েল lobbying group, struck a similar note to Lapid.।

In a post on X, it congratulated “the hundreds of pro-ইসরায়েল Democrats and Republicans who won their elections last night,” saying that 234 candidates it had backed won.। It singled out Schumer and Jeffries and pledged to “increase its support for Democrats and Republicans who recognize that a strong অনবদ্য জুটি with ইসরায়েল helps keep both countries secure”.।