Republican presidential nominee tells Jewish donors that his Democratic rival would ‘completely abandon’ Israel.
Israel will stop to exist if United States Vice President Kamala is elected to the White Home in November, former President Donald Trump has claimed.
Addressing Jewish donors in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Thursday, the Republican nominee claimed that Harris would “completely abandon” Israel as president and that “terrorist armies” would wage battle to “drive Jews out of the Holy Land”.
“You will be deserted if she turns into president, and I believe you must clarify that to your folks. As a result of they don’t understand it. They don’t know what they’re stepping into,” Trump mentioned in a distant handle to the Republican Jewish Coalition.
“You aren’t going to have an Israel … if she turns into president. Israel will not exist.”
Trump mentioned he would ban refugees from “terror-infested areas” together with Gaza, arrest “pro-Hamas thugs” who vandalise authorities property, and cancel funding and accreditation for universities that unfold “anti-Semitic propaganda” if elected to a second time period.
US college campuses earlier this yr have been rocked by protests over Israel’s battle in Gaza, triggering claims of anti-Semitism together with counterclaims that accusations of bigotry have been getting used to silence reliable criticism of Israeli coverage.
Trump, who claimed Hamas’ October 7 assault on Israel wouldn’t have occurred if he was president, additionally took intention at Jewish individuals who vote for Democratic candidates, claiming he had carried out extra for Israel than some other US president.
“Who’re the 50 % of Jewish folks which might be voting for these those that hate Israel and don’t just like the Jewish folks?” he mentioned. “Why are they, why are they voting? How do they exist?”
In response to Trump’s remarks, Harris marketing campaign spokesperson Morgan Finkelstein mentioned the vp “stands steadfastly in opposition to anti-Semitism” and has been a “lifelong supporter of the State of Israel as a safe, democratic homeland for the Jewish folks”.
Finkelstein additionally mentioned Trump had a historical past of demeaning Jewish folks and associating with far-right figures, together with holding a non-public dinner with white supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.
“He has mentioned the one folks he desires counting his cash are ‘quick guys carrying yarmulkes’, and praised neo-Nazis who chanted ‘Jews won’t exchange us’ as ‘very fantastic folks’,” Finkelstein mentioned.
Harris has largely echoed President Joe Biden’s staunch assist of Israel, resisting strain from the progressive wing of her celebration to halt shipments of weapons being utilized by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Democratic nominee has, nevertheless, positioned larger emphasis on the plight of Palestinians in public statements, saying she will not be “silent” about the suffering in Gaza and that “far too many” innocent civilians have been killed in the war.
