In Blow to Netanyahu, Trump Again Stops Short of Endorsing Candidate in Israeli Election
Trump has backed Netanyahu for years, but polls show Republican confidence in the Israeli leader has fallen as the election nears.
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In blow to Netanyahu, Trump again stops short of endorsing candidate in Israeli election
Two weeks before Israel heads to the polls, Trump left the door open to endorsing a candidate in Israel's October 27 election but made no commitment to back Netanyahu or any other contender.
Israeli media, highlighting that US President Donald Trump has turned his back on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due to his anger over Gaza and Iran, and that Tel Aviv's hoped-for pre-election calls for support from the White House have also been in vain, concluded with the assessment that "Netanyahu has lost Trump, and Israel has lost the US."
Since he first entered the White House in 2017, US President Donald Trump has met the demands of the Israeli right and pursued a foreign policy that has contributed to strengthening the political position of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
On October 27, 2026, Israel will hold elections for the 26th Knesset, but the campaign's main intrigue is not confined to the country: observers are focused on Washington, where Donald Trump took an unexpected restraint against his long-standing ally, Benjamin Netanyahu.
US President Donald Trump was asked during a conversation with reporters why he did not support any candidate in the upcoming elections in Israel | He was also asked whether he would attack the Houthis - and what he thought of the performance of his new spokeswoman after her first press conference | On Iran: "We will make a decision very soon" (News, World)
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