JERUSALEM — The recent American and Israeli military strikes on Iran’s nuclear power sites boosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s flagging domestic standing, at least among his right-wing constituents. Whether Netanyahu can maintain this momentum and win the country’s next election could depend on President Donald Trump’s next steps in the Middle East.

“Netanyahu will play up his ‘unique’ relationship with Trump in the run-up to the next election, assuming he has a good relationship by then,” said Anschel Pfeffer, a journalist for the Economist and
author of Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu.