Trump endorses Netanyahu ahead of Israel's Oct 27 election

U.S. President Donald Trump gave his “Complete and Total Endorsement” to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Oct 18, after declining to back him earlier this month.

Trump wrote: “If Israel has the wrong Leader, which would be anyone other than Bibi, America will have to do this work ourselves, and I am not inclined to do so.”

— Donald Trump, U.S. President

Netanyahu's Likud and its far-right coalition face a close race against an opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party.

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It is Israel's first election since the Hamas attack of Oct 7, 2023, and comes months after the U.S. and Israel launched a war on Iran on Feb 28.