Despite Calling Hezbollah 'Very Smart,' Trump Remains Loved Among Jewish Republicans
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-President Donald Trump stand to depart an Abraham Accords signing ceremony on Sept. 15, 2020, in Washington.LAS VEGAS — Despite having praised the anti-Israel group Hezbollah as “very smart” and disparaging Israeli leaders just days after an attack that killed well over a thousand people in the country, Donald Trump nevertheless received a hero’s welcome Saturday at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual conference.Trump, the eighth and final speaker at a forum of 2024 GOP presidential candidates, got a lengthy standing ovation before he even said a word in a massive ballroom at The Venetian Resort on the Las Vegas Strip.“I love Israel,” he said to cheers. “I love Israel.”Over the next half-hour, the former president ticked off all the things he had done for the country and encouraged Israel to wipe out Hamas, whose members carried out the Oct. 7 assault, while criticizing U.S. President Joe Biden’s calls for Israel to restrai
