Former President Trump would better serve the interests of Israel and the Jewish people amid its war with Hamas and amid regional tensions with Hezbollah and Iran than President Biden, according to an Israeli government minister, who said he wished he could vote for the presumptive Republican nominee.
Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli said Wednesday that Biden was “harming Israel” and his policies were weak in the face of growing threats. He also said he would vote for Trump if he was allowed to participate in American elections.
“The U.S. is not projecting strength under [Biden’s] leadership, and it’s harming Israel and other countries,” said Chikli, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, according to the Times of Israel.
“He said ‘Don’t’ at the start of the war — to Hezbollah, as well as Iran. We saw the result,” the minister added, a reference to Iran’s unprecedented direct attack on Israelwith hundreds of …