MK Avi Maoz (Noam) delivered a direct appeal from the Knesset to the White House, saying "Stop harming the prime minister, because harming the prime minister is harming us as a nation." He also told President Trump, "You have merited to stand by the State of Israel, and for that you have merited a blessing." The statement comes amid an apparent tension between Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Trump administration reported in recent days.
MK Avi Maoz (Noam) issued a direct and unusual appeal from the Knesset podium to the White House on Sunday, calling on President Donald Trump to stop what he described as attacks on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "Stop harming the prime minister, because harming the prime minister is harming us as a nation," Maoz said in his remarks directed at the US president. He then added, "You have merited, Mr. President Trump, to stand by the State of Israel, and for that you have merited a blessing."
The intervention comes against the backdrop of a reported rift between Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Trump administration in recent days. As The Zioneer has covered, tensions have been rising — including US Vice President J.D. Vance's sharp remarks on Thursday that Trump is "the only world leader sympathetic to Israel right now," and an open letter from Musab Hassan Yousef claiming Trump had repeatedly halted Israeli military momentum. Maoz's statement is the first direct Knesset-level appeal in this context, blending praise for Trump's support of Israel with a clear demand to cease what he perceives as harmful pressure on Israel's leader.
The remark was delivered from the Knesset plenum and was attributed to Maoz directly by the source. No further details on whether the statement was officially communicated to the White House were immediately available.
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