Current sectionOpinionShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeFor decades, the U.S.-Israel partnership rested on an understanding that Washington could criticize, but Jerusalem retained final authority. Now, as dependence on the United States deepens, questions about Israeli agency are moving from the margins of political debate toward the center01:07 AM • June 17 2026 IDTAs the war with Iran unfolded, many Americans reached a familiar conclusion: Israel was once again pulling Washington toward a conflict it did not want. Yet many Israelis were arriving at the exact opposite conclusion as they watched U.S. President Donald Trump publicly constrain Israeli options, dictate red lines, negotiate agreements and insist that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu follow Washington's lead.In the NewsAmericans and Israelis Each Think the Other Country Is Calling the ShotsIsrael Must Choose Life, Not the SettlementsAustralia Investigates Israeli Sexual Assault Allegations by Flotilla ActivistsBe'er Sheva Cancels Arab-Hebrew Book Fair After Pressure From Right-wing NGOReport: U.S.-Iran Deal Includes Pledge to End All Sanctions on TehranRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East AblazeTrump Just Dropped a Megaton Bomb on Netanyahu's Re-election Campaign'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelWhy Does the Jewish State Keep Deporting Diaspora Jews?Trump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel TiesThe Fake Gaza Charity Linked to the Anti-left Disinformation Campaign in France