The intense sniping between the outgoing and incoming administrations over the stalled Middle East peace process is the latest sign of a growing partisan divide over Israel.

President-elect Trump, with the support of the overwhelming majority of Republicans in Congress, accused the Obama administration of “total disdain and disrespect” toward Israel Wednesday. Shortly afterward, Secretary of State John Kerry defended President Obama’s decision not to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements with pointed criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.