Former President Donald Trump called the upcoming US election “the most important” in Israel’s history, saying that the Jewish state would be “eradicated,” “wiped off the face of the earth,” and “cease to exist” if Vice President Kamala Harris won the presidency.
Speaking at an antisemitism event in the US, Trump appeared preoccupied with what he described as ingratitude from Jewish voters, whom he said should be supporting him in greater proportions because of his record on Israel.
“You have to defeat Kamala Harris more than any other people on earth,” Trump said, addressing the Jewish voters in the audience.
“And I’ve never said this before: More than any people on earth, Israel has to defeat her.”
He then promised to “make Israel great again.”
Amy Spitalnick, the CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and a former aide to Democratic officials in New York, accused Trump of using “a speech about antisemitism as an opportunity to embrace antisemitic tropes and attack the American Jewish community.”
“Treating Jews and Israel as political footballs makes Jews, Israel and all of us less safe,” Spitalnick added.
