Senior Israeli Orthodox rabbis urge Americans to vote for Trump

A group of Jewish settlers in the Palestinian West Bank also prayed for the US president's victory at Abraham's tomb on Monday.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Nov 2, 2020
Israeli Right wing Likud party affiliates and supporters od US President Donald Trump attend a pre-election rally in the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh on Novemver 2, 2020, ahead of the US presidential election. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)
Israeli Likud Party affiliates and supporters of US President Donald Trump attend a pre-election rally in the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh on Nov. 2, 2020, ahead of the US presidential election. — MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images

A group of religious-nationalist rabbis in Israel have signed a letter urging Americans to re-elect President Donald Trump ahead of Tuesday’s election. The US commander-in-chief is popular in Israel and the letter focused on his tough policies on Iran.

The letter was signed by several prominent religious-nationalist rabbis, including Chaim Druckman of the Jewish Home Party and Dov Lior of the far-right Otzma Yehudit. The Israeli media outlet Makor Rishon published the letter, which began by praising Trump’s Iran policy.

“President Trump blocked Iran’s nuclear program,” said the rabbis, calling the program the “greatest threat to world peace.”

Countering Iran is a major policy objective for the Trump administration, read the letter.

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