{"id":134905,"date":"2026-10-27T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=134905"},"modified":"2026-10-27T08:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T06:32:31","slug":"30-00-113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=134905","title":{"rendered":"Trump Again Endorses Netanyahu, Who Touts Backing Ahead of First Israeli Election Since Oct. 7 Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/algem.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/10\/26\/trump-again-endorses-netanyahu-who-touts-backing-ahead-first-israeli-election-oct-7-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump Again Endorses Netanyahu, Who Touts Backing Ahead of First Israeli Election Since Oct. 7 Attack<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Corey Walker<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-29T153429Z_1_LYNXNPEL8S0O9_RTROPTP_4_USA-TRUMP-ISRAEL-1.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>US President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, DC, US, Sept. 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS\/Kevin Lamarque<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">US President Donald Trump has reiterated his public endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s reelection bid as <a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/10\/25\/iran-threat-oct-7-fallout-ultra-orthodox-draft-economy-dominate-campaign-israelis-head-polls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israelis prepare to head to the polls<\/a> on Tuesday for the first time since Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7, 2023, invasion and massacre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In a Truth Social post published on Sunday evening, Trump praised Netanyahu\u2019s leadership and urged Israeli voters to support him in the election, pointing to their cooperation in confronting shared security threats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cWhen you go to the Polls please remember that Bibi [Netanyahu] has been an outstanding Warrior Prime Minister!\u201d Trump wrote, adding that the two leaders had worked together successfully on major military operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cVote for Bibi Netanyahu for Prime Minister,\u201d Trump added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The US president concluded his message with a call to continue their joint military efforts against Iran, writing that the two countries needed to \u201cfinish the job that we started.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The endorsement came one week after <a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/10\/18\/trump-gives-netanyahu-complete-total-endorsement-nine-days-before-israeli-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump first threw his support publicly behind Netanyahu<\/a> in an unusually direct intervention in Israeli politics, warning that choosing another leader could leave Washington to confront Iran without an Israeli partner willing to do the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Trump\u2019s latest message of support comes as Israel heads into an election dominated by the wars in Gaza, Iran, and Lebanon that followed the Oct. 7 massacre; demands for accountability over the security failures that led to the attack; disputes over ultra-Orthodox military service; and the rising cost of living.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The future of American-Israeli cooperation is also another major issue looming large over the election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Trump\u2019s latest statement reinforces his administration\u2019s close relationship with Netanyahu, whose government has made countering Iran\u2019s regional influence and military capabilities a top security priority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Netanyahu has touted Trump\u2019s endorsement in the final days of the campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cUS President Donald Trump has come with a friendship that has never existed before between an<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Israel<\/span>i prime minister and an American president. And it is doubtful we will ever have such a friendly president again,\u201d Netanyahu said in a televised appearance late on Sunday night. \u201cHe has another two years, and he says he is calling on you to vote for me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Netanyahu added that Trump was willing prepared to help \u201cfinally, finally, remove <a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/10\/15\/iran-races-rebuild-underground-missile-arsenal-hezbollah-told-prepare-imminent-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Iranian threat<\/a>,\u201d but only with Netanyahu as prime minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cAnd I have already instructed the Mossad [intelligence service] and the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] to bring down this regime, to bring down this regime because that is the only way to put an end to this threat,\u201d Netanyahu said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Netanyahu\u2019s principal challenger, Gadi Eisenkot, a former IDF chief of staff who leads the centrist Yashar party, praised Trump as \u201ca true friend of<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Israel\u201d in his own social media post.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cI value his efforts and his commitment to<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Israel\u2019<\/span>s security, and I am confident that he will work in full cooperation with any leader chosen by the people,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Trump\u2019s endorsement followed reports that Netanyahu and his allies had stepped up efforts to secure additional public support from the American president in the final stretch of the campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Both Trump and Netanyahu have denied such reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cI never spoke about it,\u201d Trump said when asked by reporters later on Monday whether Netanyahu had requested the second endorsement<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cI put out both endorsements. I put out both \u2026 I think he\u2019s done a very good job as prime minister under very trying conditions,\u201d Trump added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In recent days, Netanyahu has suggested that Israel will likely continue to undergo diplomatic isolation amid simmering international outrage over the war in Gaza. The Israeli premier has argued that the state will likely need to accelerate weapons manufacturing and implement measures to <a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/10\/22\/israel-faces-94-active-sanctions-measures-worldwide-new-data-reveals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">circumvent financial sanctions<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">On Sunday, Netanyahu put Iran at the center of his final campaign push, warning that Tehran and its proxies could launch attacks to disrupt the election, hours after sharing an AI-generated image of a nuclear explosion over Tel Aviv.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The image was accompanied by a post by political commentator Yuval Bloomberg arguing that Iran\u2019s nuclear ambitions overshadowed every other issue facing Israeli voters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cIf two atomic bombs fell in central Israel, who would care about all these pointless controversies?\u201d the post read, citing other disputes and characterizing them as unimportant by comparison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Eisenkot accused the prime minister of resorting to \u201chysterics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cAs in every election campaign, it\u2019s the same methodology of lies and scare tactics. This time, threatening Israeli citizens with mass destruction,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The final polls released Friday by Israel\u2019s three main television news networks showed Eisenkot\u2019s Yashar ahead of Netanyahu\u2019s right-wing Likud, but neither political camp securing the 61 seats needed for a majority in <a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/10\/08\/your-israeli-election-primer-all-comes-down-61\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 120-member Knesset<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In Israel\u2019s parliamentary system, voters choose party lists rather than a prime minister directly. Parties must receive at least 3.25% of the national vote to enter parliament, and the president subsequently tasks the lawmaker considered best positioned to assemble a governing coalition with doing so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cIt looks like an indecisive outcome is the most likely outcome,\u201d Yohanan Plesner, president of the Israel Democracy Institute, said in a statement based on the latest polling.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump Again Endorses Netanyahu, Who Touts Backing Ahead of First Israeli Election Since Oct. 7 Attack Corey Walker US President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, DC, US, Sept. 29, 2025. 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