Joe Biden

President-elect Joe Biden stressed his commitment to Israel’s security, according to the prime minister’s office.

While some did not and could not vote, those who did spoke of the privilege of casting a ballot in the United States, as well as the ripple effect the results could have on the Jewish state.

What is becoming clear in a number of surveys, analyses and discussions is that the utility of the term “pro-Israel” U.S. Jews may be fading, replaced by a more issue-specific attitude.

With Israeli elections looming and a U.S. administration in transition, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under pressure from settlement leaders to get as much done as possible while Trump is still in office.

Whoever is nominated would likely signal the direction that the next White House would take on issues relevant to the relationship between America and Israel, including combating anti-Semitism, Diaspora Jewry, Mideast relations, the Iranian threat and more.

Israel’s security establishment is worried that another Obama-esque approach to Iran will fail a second time and will once again result in a triumphant Iran flush with billions of dollars in cash. Then again, Joe Biden is not Barack Obama, and the world is in a different place.

Michal Hatuel-Radoshitzky, a research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies, states it is safe to assume that the incoming president’s initial energies will be internally focused due to the coronavirus and the economy. In addressing the Mideast, the priority is likely to focus on Iran and the nuclear deal, followed by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Palestinian Authority leader also alluded to the possibility that the P.A. would would end its boycott of the administration in Washington when the president-elect assumes office.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls Joe Biden “a great friend of Israel” and thanks U.S. President Donald Trump for taking the U.S.-Israel alliance to “unprecedented heights.”

“AIPAC congratulates President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their election victory,” said the pro-Israel lobby in a statement.

While the election results still remain unclear, observers have questioned whether a potential Biden administration could treat Israel with some level of hostility that was especially seen during the last few months of the Obama administration.

U.S. President Donald Trump received 30.5 percent of the Jewish vote, while former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden got 60.6 percent, according to a Republican Jewish Coalition survey.