On peace – Ben Samuels in Haaretz:

‘On the most recent "Weekend Update" segment of "Saturday Night Live," Lebanese-American cast member Emil Wakim joked about how his father was planning to vote for Donald Trump.
"That's the real American dream, dude. To go from a village in Lebanon to being like 'No, no, don't let more in,'" he laughed.
Wakim also joked about the fallacy of pro-Israel advocates criticizing progressives' criticism of Israel's conduct in Lebanon in Gaza. "'Oh, Gays for Gaza, huh? Go be gay in Gaza. See how they like it over there.' They don't have time to be, like, 'Who am I in the deepest parts of my soul?' You can't watch your village get blown up and be like, 'I think I'm bisexual, actually."’

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‘Now, Trump and his team are placing a growing emphasis on the Arab vote in the campaign's home stretch. Much of this is undoubtedly motivated by their research that up-for-grabs voters were about six times as likely as other battleground-state voters to be motivated by their views on Israel's war in Gaza, The New York Times reported.’

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‘He [Trump] continued: "If Kamala gets four more years, the Middle East will spend the next four decades going up in flames, and your kids will be going off to War, maybe even a Third World War, something that will never happen with President Donald J. Trump in charge. For our Country's sake, and for your kids, Vote Trump for PEACE!"

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‘The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, however, may be enough to push enough voters away from Harris. A new Arab News/YouGov poll showed Trump having a 45-43 edge over Harris, similar to an Arab American Institute survey from earlier this month, which found Trump with a 42-41 edge.
Trump has been increasingly critical of Jewish-American voters for remaining allied to the Democratic Party, frequently saying they should be "ashamed" while warning that they would be responsible should he lose to Harris on November 5.’

Read the article here.

Old scapegoats. New scapegoats.

Netanyahu is still hoping for Trump.

Most of the American electorate doesn’t care much about Gaza, but the few undecided voters yet in a swing state or two might push Trum over the edge.

And as Mr. Samuels rightly pointed out, whether this will impact Trump’s foreign policy, if he gets elected, remains to be seen.