The Opening After Netanyahu
The article discusses the future of the U.S.-Israeli alliance and the potential for a new regional strategy to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It highlights Rahm Emanuel's proposal for a '23-state solution' that embeds Palestinian sovereignty within a broader normalization deal between Israel and the Arab world.
Why it matters
The piece offers a high-level geopolitical analysis of how shifting political landscapes in Israel and the U.S. could impact long-term stability in the Middle East.
A new Israeli government won’t deliver peace overnight, but it could reverse the trajectory toward endless conflict.
Hazem Bader / AFP / Getty July 16, 2026, 10:37 AM ET Share Save L ast week, Rahm Emanuel traveled to Tel Aviv University to deliver an unusually blunt warning : Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is jeopardizing Israel’s long-term alliance with the United States. Emanuel, the former Obama White House chief of staff, urged Israel to pursue what he called a “23-state solution”: an agreement in which movement toward Palestinian sovereignty would be embedded in a larger normalization deal between Israel and the Arab world.
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