After eight years of icyย relations between Israel and the U.S. under President Barack Obama, Donald Trump’s arrival in the Holy Land on Monday sparked a media sensationย of unparalleled proportions.
Israel’s major broadcasters dropped their scheduled programming in favor of wall-to-wall Trump coverage, which began at 6 a.m. and continued well into the wee hours of the night local time. Even the country’s most popular satirical variety show, “Eretz Nehederet,” the only non-news show of the day, dedicated its entire episode to the presidential visit.
“I’ve never seen anything like this,” Amit Cotler, a reporter for Israel’s leading news site Ynet, told TheWrap.