Jewish Israelis Should Have Respected Trump’s Endorsement

Despite Trump’s strong support for Netanyahu, Israeli voters delivered a political stalemate that leaves the country facing difficult coalition choices.

Robin M. Itzler | October 31, 2026

Israel held elections on October 27, and the result was farmisht (Yiddish for mixed up).

Let’s start with the fact that Israel and the United States are at war with Iran. Our two countries are united in wanting to defeat Iran and guarantee that the terrorist nation never has nuclear weapons or the capability to build them. Both President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu know they must “finish the job” or else Iran’s terrorist tentacles will spread, as it is already doing in France, Italy, Spain, and other European nations that put out welcome mats for Muslims.

But here is the key point: During war, you don’t change leadership.

As World War II raged, and even when it looked like Nazi Germany might invade Great Britain, the British people did not abandon Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the early years of multiple American battlefield losses in the European and Japanese theaters, the American people did not abandon President Franklin Roosevelt.

The American people steadfastly stood with Roosevelt following the December 7, 1941 “day that will live in infamy” attack.

There are definitely some rotten matzoh balls floating in the soup when Arab votes increased a whopping 27 percent since the last election. It is meshuga that jointly the nation’s two Muslim parties that happily seek Israel’s demise could have 19 seats in the Knesset (Israel’s Congress). (Why even discuss a two-state solution when the trajectory might be a Jewish state overwhelmed with pro-Sharia Muslims within one or two generations?)

In addition to not changing leaders while at war, the Israeli people should have shown respect for President Donald J. Trump. Without question, Trump is the most pro-Israel president in the Jewish State’s 78-year history. Just nine days before the October 27 election, President Trump posted on Truth Social his support for Netanyahu:

Bibi Netanyahu has been a Great Warrior Prime Minister, and an even greater Partner for Peace in combatting the Islamic Republic of Iran, with its 51 year old chant, “Death to Israel, Death to America! We will destroy the Little Satan and the Big Satan.” What Country can survive when things such as this are allowed to be said, because eventually, they always end up being true? It would have been only a question of time until Iran would have put that ominous phrase into effect, but they have been systematically destroyed, both Militarily and Financially, and........

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