What will an emboldened Netanyahu do next?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "Trump has given them confidence, but they know he can change his mind in a moment.
56% : Trump is not ideological, but he is giving [Netanyahu] a free hand.
47% : Since returning to office, Trump has continued in a similar vein, appointing hardline supporters of Israel to key positions and approving a shipment of 2,000lb bombs paused under Joe Biden.
42% : Most strikingly of all, Trump floated a plan to displace entirely Gaza's 2.2mn citizens, bringing an idea long confined to Israel's far-right, and widely regarded as ethnic cleansing, into the country's mainstream.
41% : "The most dangerous thing Trump did is put this on the agenda," says an Arab diplomat.
39% : Diplomats are sceptical Netanyahu would launch a strike without a green light from Trump, both for fear of angering the US president and because most believe Israel would only be able to set back Iran's nuclear programme for a relatively short period without US military support.
36% : An abrupt change of stance from Trump, such as demanding an end to the war in Gaza, could be another.
33% : For now, Trump is seeking to negotiate a deal with Iran.
32% : During his first term, Trump made a string of pro-Israel moves, reversing decades of US policy by recognising the contested city of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and saying the US would no longer deem Israeli settlements in the West Bank a violation of international law.
30% : He has been pushing for Trump to back a strike on Iran's nuclear programme since before the US president formally returned to office.
26% : Most consequentially of all, Netanyahu is pressuring Trump to back military action against Iran.

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