# ‘Not getting involved’: US vice president declines to endorse Netanyahu

https://mins.news/en/item/108148

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-20 15:46 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/not-getting-involved-us-vice-president-refuses-to-endorse-netanyahu?traffic_source=rss

> US Vice President JD Vance said he would stay out of Israel’s election and focus on US midterm polls, a day after Donald Trump endorsed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Polls cited in the report show the Yashar party leading Netanyahu’s Likud ahead of the October 27 vote.

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