There’s a long history of American presidents pressuring Israel to wind down wars earlier than planned.

In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower successfully threatened Israel, along with allies Great Britain and France, to back off the Suez Canal. In 2006, President George W. Bush‘s administration told Israel in no certain terms to wind down its war with Hezbollah forces in Lebanon, and the Jewish state obliged. The list goes on.