SAEDNEWS: Trump’s Endorsement Boosts Netanyahu as Israeli Election Results Leave Right-Wing Bloc Short of Majority
According to Saednews, Trump’s remarks highlighted Washington’s role in bolstering Netanyahu’s political standing as his right-wing and religious coalition sought to retain power amid deep divisions within Israeli society and growing international condemnation of the Israeli regime’s criminal actions, including the genocide in Gaza.
Speaking to reporters after a campaign rally in Texas, Trump said Netanyahu had performed better than expected and credited his endorsement with helping improve the Israeli prime minister’s electoral prospects.
“I hear he did very well. It's pretty close, very good,” Trump said. “When the endorsement came out, it helped him a lot.”
He added that Netanyahu was “probably winning or tied,” while acknowledging that the final outcome remained uncertain.
The remarks followed a post on Trump’s Truth Social account portraying Netanyahu’s improved electoral prospects as a political turnaround following the US president’s intervention.
“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 for Netanyahu,” the post read.
“It all took place AFTER the Endorsement by President Trump, who only wants what is good for the Middle East, Israel, and the United States of America!”
The post appeared entirely as a quotation attributed to Irving C. Schwartz, leaving it unclear whether Trump was relaying a commentator’s assessment or expressing his own opinion in the third person.
Meanwhile, preliminary election results showed Netanyahu’s Likud party leading the rival Yashar party, headed by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot. With 41.09% of the votes counted by 6:02 a.m. Wednesday, Likud was projected to win 28 seats, compared with 21 for Yashar, according to figures from the Central Elections Committee.
Netanyahu’s right-wing and religious bloc was projected to secure 57 seats, compared with 47 for the rival pro-change bloc, while predominantly Arab parties were expected to win 16 seats. The figures left Netanyahu four seats short of the 61 required for a parliamentary majority.
