US aid to Israel politically unsustainable after midterms, ex-Biden official warns

A former senior Biden administration official warns that US financial aid to Israel is no longer politically sustainable within the Democratic Party following the party's sweeping midterm election victory. Phil Gordon, a former national security adviser to Kamala Harris, said no future Democratic presidential candidate will support taxpayer-financed Israeli weapons purchases. Gordon said the election was a massive repudiation of President Donald Trump's policies, with affordability as the core issue, though American attitudes toward Israel have deteriorated across both parties. He noted Democratic support for conditioning military aid has grown from a handful of senators to 47, reflecting a mainstream shift in political debate. Gordon argued that Israel can no longer assume bipartisan consensus on military assistance, questioning whether even a Republican administration would guarantee long-term funding. He said arms sales should be conditional on Israeli policy compliance, and that normal relations with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition are unlikely due to its inclusion of officials viewed as racist by Democrats.