Netanyahu supporters in Dimona maintain backing ahead of election
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’essentiel
A week before Israel’s parliamentary elections, supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu, including 60-year-old Daniela Hermon, defend the outgoing prime minister and say they will vote for him. They cite his experience, firm security stance and recent backing from Donald Trump, L’essentiel reports.
In Dimona, in southern Israel, hundreds of Benjamin Netanyahu supporters are maintaining their backing for the outgoing prime minister ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for next week. They point to his experience, his firm stance on security and Donald Trump’s support, according to L’essentiel.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party won 51% of the votes cast in Dimona in the 2022 elections. In the Negev city, voters gathered for the campaign applauded the prime minister when he promised to “finish off” Iran by overthrowing its government, according to L’essentiel.
The mobilisation comes after several statements by the United States about the election, including Donald Trump’s prediction on 19 October that Benjamin Netanyahu would win by a large margin and JD Vance’s refusal to back him on 20 October. It also follows the meeting between the Israeli prime minister and US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on 20 October. Netanyahu’s supporters are thus countering opposition criticism that he was negligent before Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack. Netanyahu’s call to overthrow the Iranian government was reported on 21 October.
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