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Trump tells Axios why he endorsed Netanyahu's reelection

President Trump endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, just nine days ahead of Israel's Oct. 27 elections. Why it matters: Trump's decision to weigh in nine days ahead of the election could give Netanyahu a boost at a critical moment in the Israeli leader's fight for political survival, with most polls showing his coalition falling…

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Axios· Oct 18, 4:33 PMTrump tells Axios why he endorsed Netanyahu's reelection

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Trump endorses embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reelectionIsraelis are set to vote Oct. 27, in the first national elections since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

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Zelenskyy thanks Trump for resumed intelligence sharing after US Starlink ‘message’Two people killed and at least 17 injured as Russia and Ukraine continue to trade strikes on power infrastructure Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday thanked the Trump administration for resuming intelligence sharing between the two countries, but maintained the US had intentionally throttled its Starlink satellite internet access so that Donald Trump could…

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Trump says Netanyahu needs to be re-elected, or else US will have to 'finish the job’ against Iran aloneTrump called Benjamin Netanyahu a "great warrior" and urged Israeli voters to back Likud in the Oct. 27 Knesset elections amid the war on Iran.

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Bessent warns Zelenskyy to 'be very careful' about claims U.S. is throttling StarlinkStarlink, high-speed satellite internet provided by Elon Musk's SpaceX, is critical to Ukraine's defense.

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Sen. Graham on Trump waiving Russia sanctions: ‘I look forward to talking to him’Trump signed an executive order Friday waiving sanctions on Russian energy, passed under the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act.

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US ambassador to Israel calls West Bank settler attack on American photojournalist ‘terror’Mike Huckabee calls for arrest and prosecution of those responsible as Heidi Levine, 63, recovers in hospital in Israel The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has denounced the settler attack that left the Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine badly beaten and needing surgery as a “despicable act of terror” and called for the arrest and…

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