Trump Favors Israeli Government Without Far-Right Ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich

U.S. President Donald Trump is hoping to see an Israeli governing coalition that doesn't include right-wing ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.

According to news outlet Walla, American sources told the Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that Trump considers “settler violence” to be a direct barrier to his overall regional policy.

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Trump's advisers have been told the preliminary exit poll results after the Israeli elections, but the US president hasn't made an official public statement on the result.

US President Donald Trump gave Likud Party boss and incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu credit for the “come from-behind victory” earlier Tuesday as voting was still underway.

Trump repeated Irving C. Schwartz's observation, which had said that Trump's endorsement had changed the momentum of the election.

Taking to Truth Social, the President quoted Schwartz, who said, “When President Trump endorsed Bibi Netanyahu, the whole tide turned, and now, rather than a decisive defeat for a Great Prime Minister, it looks like a big come-from-behind stalemate, or even a WIN for Netanyahu. It all took place AFTER the Endorsement by President Trump, who only wants what is good for the Middle East, Israel, and the United States of America!”

In Texas earlier, Trump was asked by reporters about the outcome of the Israeli election and said that the endorsement helped Netanyahu.

“From exit polls, I’m hearing (Netanyahu) was doing very well. I think when the endorsement went out, it had helped him a lot,” Trump said.

The race for the Knesset has become extremely close as the results of the polls are continually changing. Pollster Direct Polls saw 55 seats for the Netanyahu camp, 49 seats for an opposition led by Gadi Eisenkot and 16 seats for the Arab parties. Kan 11, an Israeli state-owned, free-to-air television network, has revised its exit poll to make the numbers 51 and 52 seats respectively for the pro-Netanyahu bloc and the anti-Netanyahu bloc, up from 50 and 52 seats at 11:04 pm (local time), as reported by The Times of Israel.

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The other poll, commissioned by Filber and sponsored by the Channel14, predicted 60 seats for Netanyahu, 43 for the opposition and 17 for the Arab parties.

The new seating allocation revealed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has gained one seat, to 27, while The Democrats left-wing alliance has lost one seat to 9 and the far-right Otzma Yehudit party has lost one seat to 6.

In this parliamentary shuffle, Ra’am party chairman Mansour Abbas has said he is in touch with both sides since the pro- and anti-Netanyahu factions have no clear majority to form a government according to the exit polls.

There are "no numbers for a government," he said, since his party's forecast of seven seats results in an opposition coalition falling short of the 61-seat majority needed to form a government.

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