After the attack on Oct. 7, President Joe Biden pledged steady US support for Israel. He flew to the Jewish state a little over a week later and repeated the pledge. A year later, the US military helped intercept Iranian missiles fired at Israel for the second time. But the US-Israel security alliance is facing unprecedented strain. There are big policy differences between the two governments as well, and they won’t go away anytime soon. The World’s Matthew Bell has our story.
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