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Donald Trump has claimed that Israel's existence would be jeopardized if Jewish Americans overwhelmingly voted for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. Trump accused Jewish voters of supporting the Democrats, saying he would hold them partially responsible in the event of an election defeat..
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that Jewish American voters will be partly to blame for the loss of the election if they vote for Democratic nominee and current vice president Kamala Harris in the Nov. 5 election..
Speaking at the Israeli-American Council National Summit in Washington, Trump lamented the support of American Jews for Harris and suggested that if Harris wins, Israel will not be able to survive in two years. "If I don't win this election — the Jewish people are going to have a lot to do with that, because 40 percent of the people, that is, 60 percent vote for the enemy — in my view, Israel will be destroyed in two years," Trump said..
IS ISRAEL'S FUTURE IN JEOPARDY? Trump cited a poll that showed Harris had 60 percent support among American Jews. He also stated that he received less than 30% of the votes of Jewish Americans in the 2016 elections, and that he faced a similar picture in the 2020 elections.
While it's not entirely clear from which source Trump's poll is based, a recent Pew Research Center poll found that American Jews support Harris by 65% and Trump by 34%.
TRUMP'S ENGAGEMENT WITH JEWISH VOTERS Trump's campaign has made winning over Jewish voters, especially in critical states, its primary goal. The vast majority of Jewish voters in the U.S. have been voting for Democrats for many years, but even a small shift in this group of voters could decide the fate of the November election. For example, in the state of Pennsylvania, which Trump mentioned, Joe Biden won the 2020 elections by a margin of 81,000, and there are about 400,000 Jewish voters in the state..