The former prime minister truly believes that Netanyahu was the mastermind of the character assassination campaign waged against him. He is determined to make it go away, but some wonder whether this is all designed to help him write his memoirs.

Opinion polls show that roughly three-quarters of US Jews lean toward the Democratic Party. They tend to be more critical of the Israeli government and more sympathetic to the Palestinians than their Republican counterparts, with these divisions even wider among younger Jews in their 20s.

"Antisemitism is dangerous, " Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, who is Jewish, says. "We cannot normalize this. We all have an obligation to condemn these vile acts."

Vice President Dina Boluarte replaces Pedro Castillo and becomes the first female leader in the history of the republic.