United States President Donald Trump has endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israel’s closely contested parliamentary election scheduled for October 27, throwing his support behind the veteran leader’s bid for another term in office.
Netanyahu highlighted his strong ties with Trump in a video released by his Likud party, claiming that the two leaders had “crushed Iran”.
He also said winning re-election would enable him to work with the US president to “eliminate the Iranian threat over the next two years, or even sooner”.
The endorsement comes less than two weeks before Israel’s first election since the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas. Opposition politicians have accused Netanyahu of bearing personal responsibility for the attack, alleging that he ignored warnings ahead of the assault.
