Trump Claims Endorsement Shifted Momentum for Netanyahu in 26th Knesset Election Race
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump claimed his endorsement shifted momentum for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during Israel's election, telling reporters, "I hear he did very well."
- With most ballots still being counted, election results remain fluid; neither main political bloc has secured the 61 seats needed to form a government in the 120-member Knesset.
- Projections from the Central Elections Committee show Netanyahu's Likud party leading Eisenkot of the Yashar party, though neither leader enjoys a straightforward path to forming a government.
- Updated projections show Netanyahu remains four seats short of a parliamentary majority, while Predominantly Arab parties are projected to hold the remaining 16 seats in the chamber.
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US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helped him "very much in the parliamentary elections that took place a day before in Israel, whose voting process is still under way.
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Trump was asked by reporters about the Israeli election after attending a rally in Texas and he claimed that the endorsement had helped Netanyahu.
Netanyahu's bloc takes advantage with 55% scrutinized and achieves 56 seats against the 49 opposition
Trump claims endorsement shifted momentum for Netanyahu in 26th Knesset election race
"When President Trump endorsed Bibi Netanyahu, the whole tide turned, and now, rather than a decisive defeat for a Great Prime Minister, it looks like a big come-from-behind stalemate, or even a WIN.
"When President Trump expressed his support for Bibi Netanyahu, the situation has completely changed, and now what seemed like a defeat for a Great Prime Minister, appears to be an unexpected comeback that led to a stalemate, ... (ANSA)
Preliminary results put Netanyahu's bloc at 55 seats, 6 short of parliamentary majority, as Trump says he has yet to speak with Israeli premier
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