U.S. Elections
Some two-dozen vehicles of eligible voters drove from Tel Aviv to the capital to champion the incumbent president and call for his re-election.
“For evangelicals, the argument is that you’re commanded by God to vote for [the president] because he is the protector of Jerusalem,” says Ronald J. Edelstein.
They have been limited due to the coronavirus, but are using online and old-fashioned sources, including the phone, to get their messages across, especially in states with high Jewish populations.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani among those attacked during campaign event in Manhattan • Seven protesters arrested.
Whether it’s four more years led by Donald Trump or a new government under Joe Biden, the president will likely have to deal with continued instability within the Palestinian leadership.
“We have confirmed that some voter registration information has been obtained by Iran, and separately, by Russia,” says U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe.
The Palestinian Authority no longer hides its disdain for U.S. President Donald Trump and openly hopes for a Joe Biden victory on Nov. 3.
American Jews were asked about the most important issue in deciding how to vote, which candidate would do a better job on key issues facing the United States, and questions regarding U.S.-Israel relations.
In answering if they were following events ahead of the Nov. 3 election, half of Israelis (48.1 percent) said they were “extremely interested.”
“[Trump] enabled federal agencies to combat anti-Semitism as a hate crime. He has fought anti-Semitism on college campuses. The president also signed the 2017 JUST Act and the Never Again Education Act, which provides $10 million for education on the Holocaust for our younger generations,” says Boris Epshteyn.
On the other side of the aisle, Jewish Democratic groups are seeking to push Joe Biden and Kamala Harris over the finish line, especially with virtually all polls, including in swing states, showing Biden ahead of Trump.
Most of the talk, however, focused on the coronavirus pandemic and the impact it has had on the health of Americans and the U.S. economy; relations with China; climate change; and the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court.
