By Alexander Cornwell and Benjamin RaabJERUSALEM, June 22 (Reuters) - American allies of President Donald Trump this week defended him to an Israeli public anxious about a U.S. interim deal with Iran and White House criticism that together appeared to signal fissures in Israel's decades-old alliance with Washington.The U.S.-Israeli relationship has been on a roller coaster, from the early confidence they shared after their joint attack on Iran to public disagreements between Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over how to end the four-month-old war.

US president says that if it weren’t for him ‘Israel would not exist today’

“We give President Trump the benefit of the doubt that he is making the right decisions for America, and that he is also trying to help his allies,” says 32-year-old Shlomo…