"Netanyahu has stalled until Trump's election, and it paid off. Now there's nothing standing in his way," said Palestinian political scientist Nour Odeh, adding: "He can wage his war as he sees fit, especially as he has just sacked his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, who had opposed him. As for Trump, he's not interested in the Palestinian Authority [PA], the state of which is getting worse all the time, nor in a dialogue with Mahmoud Abbas, because they've already fallen out. He's going to do whatever Israel wants. And international law won't hold him back any more than American law will."