Two powerful Israelis, shunned by Biden, return to Trump's circles

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Israel is fighting the allegation, arguing it's been acting in legitimate self-defence after the October 7 attacks that left more than 1,200 dead.
55% : And so are the statements of the powerful ultranationalists in Netanyahu's government -- men who were once shunned by the US but are now welcome guests under Trump.
50% : "People are starving," Donald Trump said when asked about the situation this week.
49% : That plan, called "Gideon's Chariots", is due to go ahead if no hostage-release and ceasefire deal is reached before Trump concludes his Middle East tour on March 15.
48% : A parade of leaders from foreign governments has made its way through Washington since Donald Trump resumed the presidency.
46% : Some -- like Canada's Mark Carney, who told Trump his country wasn't for sale -- probably left feeling like they'd achieved something important.
46% : But it's not inconsistent with the ideas Trump has floated for the region, such as the "clean out" of Gaza he suggested earlier this year, and his proposal to take it over and turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East".
32% : 'Despairing' by design As Trump prepares to travel to the Middle East next week - though probably not to Israel -- there's talk of allowing some food into Gaza.
29% : Trump then sanctioned it.
27% : Trump wasn't there, but Ben-Gvir said in a tweet that he met other senior Republican Party officials, and that they supported his proposal to bomb Gaza's food stores.
23% : It's representative of how the US, under Trump, is now embracing the more extreme elements of the Israeli government -- elements that even Biden, a self-proclaimed Zionist who was criticised for unconditionally providing bombs to Israel, couldn't stomach.
20% : Others -- like Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who told Trump his country wasn't for giving away -- may have regretted coming to DC.
13% : War crime charges pending The international community roundly rejected Trump's plan, illegal under international law, and Trump has said little about it since he first mentioned it.

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