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ELI5: What is going on with Isreal and why are we talking about them so much lately?
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On Tuesday there was a major election in Israel.  In the lead up to the election, the sitting leader of Israel, Benjamin 'Bibi' Netanyahu, did a number of things that strongly upset Obama personally and the Western world in general.  He stated he no longer supports the creation of a Palestinian state (which he has since walked back), tried to scare his voter base into going to the polls by telling them that Arab Israelis were voting in record numbers, and accused Western governments of financing his opponents.

In response, the US has said that it's considering taking away the blanket support and protection Israel receives from the US at the UN and in other international spheres.  This is something that hasn't been done since Ronald Reagan.

Relations between the US and Israel are at their lowest point in at least 30 years if not more and show no signs of improving in the immediate future.