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Trump renews support for Netanyahu on the eve of Israel's legislative elections

United States President Donald Trump renewed this Monday his backing for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of this Tuesday's legislative…

--- The context --- Israel holds its legislative elections this Tuesday, a vote that will define who receives the mandate to form the new government. On the eve of the election, the public backing of the president of the United States for Netanyahu moved to the center of the country's political conversation, with the offensives against Iran in 2025 and February 2026 as the backdrop being claimed. --- The facts --- The president of the United States, Donald Trump, renewed this Monday his backing for the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, ahead of this Tuesday's legislative elections. In a social media message to the people of Israel, he attached the endorsement that, as he indicated, he had already given a week earlier, highlighted the excellent relationship between them, and asked voters to back Netanyahu, arguing that both must finish the job they started. Trump said that relationship has allowed them to achieve great victories together, especially in the offensives against Iran. He recalled the attack against Venezuela, which he described as one of the most successful military operations in history, and the operation Midnight Hammer, in June 2025, which according to his account prevented the main state sponsor of terrorism from obtaining a nuclear weapon, in a twelve-day conflict. The president added that the operation he called Epic Fury followed, in February 2026, and said Iran no longer has a navy or an air force, that its military apparatus and its economy are in ruins, that inflation reaches 301%, and that the naval blockade prevents the country from obtaining oil. These are Trump's own claims, and he also presented Netanyahu as an incredible warrior prime minister. --- The positions --- After the message, the president of Israel, Isaac Herzog, said in a television interview that he does not believe Trump's explicit support for Netanyahu will affect his decision on who receives the mandate to form the new government. He argued that neither the president of the United States nor anyone else can interfere with his judgment. Herzog said his decision must be based on certain facts and that it remains to be seen what those facts will be, although he acknowledged that there will be a lot of pressure. He stressed his enormous respect for Trump, recalled that granting the mandate falls within his responsibilities, and stressed that this is about Israel's democracy and Constitution. --- What remains unknown --- It remains to be known what the result of this Tuesday's legislative elections will be, which facts will weigh on the Israeli president's deliberation when he grants the mandate to form the new government, and the effect in votes of Trump's renewed endorsement. --- Unanswered questions --- Will Trump's renewed endorsement influence how Israelis vote this Tuesday? Which concrete facts will guide Herzog's decision on the mandate to form a government? Will there be the pressure the Israeli president himself anticipates? --- EPM analysis --- The gesture arrives on the eve of the vote, the moment of greatest electoral sensitivity. Herzog's response in turn delimits the institutional ground of the post-election decision, separating external political backing from the internal procedure for granting the mandate to govern. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the renewed endorsement on the eve of the vote turns the relationship between the two governments into a direct campaign argument, with the operations against Iran as its central card. The Israeli president's response, however, draws a clear institutional line: the mandate to form a government will follow his own judgment and the facts left by the ballots. Between the political gesture and the formal decision lies the distance between declared influence and Israel's internal democratic procedure.
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