By serving Israel's agenda, Trump betrayed Gulf allies

By serving Israel's agenda, Trump betrayed Gulf allies Submitted by Soumaya Ghannoushi on Wed, 03/11/2026 - 18:02 From Doha to Riyadh, the lesson is becoming difficult to ignore: the arrangement meant to guarantee their security is now exposing them to danger Protesters burn portraits of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump in front of the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on 18 January 2026 (Ozan Kose/AFP) Off Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has succeeded in doing what many in Washington once swore would never happen again: he has dragged American power back into the Middle East. The last time this happened was in 2003, when the United States invaded Iraq . That war was driven by the ideology of the neoconservatives, who envisioned the birth of what they called the “New American Century”.