Israel’s kinetic war against Hamas has been successful. Although still defiant, Hamas is a shadow of its pre-October 7 self. The possibility of an October 7 reprisal is forever nil. But Hamas and their supporters are winning the equally important battle for hearts and minds in demonizing Israel and Jews.
US military weighs Israel as a key regional base after successful Iran War cooperation
Peloni: Such a permanent association between America and Israel would come to be seen as both a blessing and a curse, but more a curse than a blessing, I would argue. If the US is serious about enforcing any ‘deal’ struck with Iran, it needs a constant presence in the region which does not limit US freedom of action against an intransigent and feckless Iran when, not if, they violate any deal which might be foolishly agreed upon with the US. As we have recently seen, US command in coordination with Israel leaves the US in command over Israel, even in so far as existential threats and sovereign interests are relevant. And this is the point of both the blessing and the curse. It must be noted that the Trump admin has been the most friendly US admin to Israel in history, and yet it has had no hesitation in both humiliating Israel [forcing stand down at end of 12 Day War and recent stand down order in Lebanon by Trump] before the world and forcing it to act against its own interest with impunity [The Gaza Deal, UNSCR 2803]. So what might we expect under a Vance administration, or G_d forbid a Harris administration or its like. Furthermore, while the blessing aspect would provide the US with the means by which to threaten and actually strike Iran, the political reality of Israel’s expected diminishing support in the US over the coming years will turn this US protection racket into a source of keeping the peace in the ME at any cost to Israel, which is the only nation which the US seems able to intimidate and control even without its army becoming part of the Israeli defense structure. Israel needs to be sovereign, and stationing US force in times of need should not be turned into a permanent condition, or sovereignty at every level will be lost to the Jewish people, and the Jewish State will simply become on large ghetto where Washington decidedly calls the shots, leaving court Jews to intercede for permission as to what Israel can and can not do in what was previously the independent Jewish State of Israel. And all of this doesn’t even address the greatest point of policy friction which exists between Israel and the US, which is the creation of a second Pal state. So, yes, A formalized US base in Israel would be a blessing and also a curse, but a far greater curse than a blessing, IMO.
US-led Gaza ceasefire HQ scales back activity but remains operational
| Published: May 10, 2026
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The U.S. military is considering making Israel one of its main bases in the region, following the intense and successful cooperation between the U.S. and Israeli military over the past few years, particularly during the two wars against Iran, Israel Hayom reported.



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