‘Wait for September’

Ahead of key elections in each country, the Israel prime minister’s coalition risks losing its majority in the Knesset, and the American president stands to lose control of the House of Representatives, which would open the door to impeachment proceedings.

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The two have a way of egging each other on into doubtful enterprises that neither man might risk alone, writes Gwynne Dyer.Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs photograph by Haim Zach

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

September 3, 2026

LONDON, U.K.—Making predictions in print is rarely a good idea, and saying “I told you so” is always rude, but rules are made to be broken. On June 10, one week before the short-lived Memorandum of Understanding on the Middle East war was signed,

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