President Donald Trump lands on Tuesday in a region that speaks his language: the Gulf. There will be talk of trillions of dollars, pageantry and a lot of gold. There are also reports of a Qatari gift of a luxury jumbo jet to be used as Air Force One — which would be a jumbo ethical and security issue.

"The nature of that bilateral relationship—with Israel still reliant upon the military, diplomatic and economic assistance of the United States—is such that the prime minister

Some reports have cast this disconnect as indicative of a chasm between Trump and Israel. But this is a misreading. The divide is not between the president and Israel so much as between the president and Israel’s leader. Most Israelis support what Trump is doing—and oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza.