# Israel Election Tests Netanyahu’s Hold on Power

https://mins.news/en/video/118021

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-10-27 19:48 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h_TCVUzhCo

> Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, likened Donald Trump’s endorsement of Benjamin Netanyahu to his grandmother’s chicken soup: it might not help, but it could not hurt. Miller said Netanyahu and opposition challenger Gadi Eisenkot differ on the Iran war and settler violence, while sharing similar views on national security.

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