Israel's election outcomes not likely to change Iran or Gaza wars, former ambassador says
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[0:00] Israeli voters are casting their ballots
[0:01] in the country's first parliamentary
[0:03] election since the October 7th, 2023
[0:06] attack. The Washingtonbased nonprofit
[0:10] says tens of thousands of Israelis are
[0:12] living abroad and are traveling back to
[0:15] cast their vote. And Israel's se central
[0:18] elections committee says early turnout
[0:20] reached its highest level since 1981. At
[0:23] the center of today's election is Prime
[0:25] Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's
[0:26] re-election bid and whether voters
[0:28] approve of his handling of the war with
[0:30] Hamas and Iran. I want to bring in
[0:32] former Israeli ambassador to the United
[0:34] States, Michael Orurin. Um, Mr.
[0:36] Ambassador, always good to talk with
[0:37] you. Uh, so we know, of course, that
[0:40] President Trump endorsed Prime Minister
[0:42] Netanyahu for his re-election. How far
[0:44] will that endorsement go? Uh Trump's
[0:47] favor didn't work for Hungarian Prime
[0:49] Minister Victor Orban or Brazil's
[0:51] presidential candidate Flavio Bossiro.
[0:54] >> It didn't. Hi, good to be with you Vlad
[0:56] Kelly. Uh good morning, good afternoon
[0:58] from Israel. It the the endorsement of
[1:00] President Trump is not going to help
[1:01] Prime Minister Netanyahu very
[1:02] materially. And the