American evangelicals, Israeli settlers and a skeptical filmmaker
The documentary filmmaker Maya Zinshtein in Tel Aviv on Feb. 23, 2021. Her new film, "'Til Kingdom Come," illuminates what the director calls an "unholy alliance" that sharply altered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the Trump administration. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times.
by David M. Halbfinger
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- The bear hug between former President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and their governments was a partnership like no other the two countries had seen. For four years, Israel was Washingtons favorite foreign policy arena and Jerusalem its best friend, and the brash new U.S. approach to the Middle East dominated Israels national security discourse and its politics.