(JNS) Danny Ayalon, the Jewish state’s ambassador to the United States from 2002 to 2006, tried unsuccessfully to remain awake in Israel as US midterm election results came in early in the morning on Wednesday.
When he awoke and saw what happened—what pundits are widely calling a “blue tsunami”—he had a “very, very dismayed feeling” about Democrats accomplishing a “real sweeping” of both chambers of Congress, the former envoy told JNS.
“I think Israelis should not repeat the mistake of Bibi Netanyahu and favor one party over the other,” Ayalon said.
As Democratic control of both houses of Congress looms in January, Ayalon and other Israeli foreign-policy experts told JNS that the Jewish state’s next government, whose composition remains uncertain, will face challenges rebuilding bipartisan support in Washington.
“One of the foundations of Israel’s special relations with the United States was the bipartisan support,” Ayalon told JNS.
He thinks that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose Likud party came away with the most votes but...
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