An Ocean Away, Israelis Keep Close Tabs on US Election Thriller
- KerryMcQ
- Nov 4, 2020
- 1 min read
Republicans Abroad in Israel head Marc Zell claimed that some 150,000 absentee ballots were cast by US citizens living in Israel in total. Eight in 10 of those votes were for the Republican incumbent, he speculated, based on an unproven claim of 80 percent support for Trump among Israelis.
In fact, a recent survey from the Israel Democracy Institute found 60 percent of Israelis thought Trump was better for Israel.
“Trump re-scripted the whole political dynamic, taking the focus off of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and placing it on the real threat which is Iran,” Zell said.
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