How will President-elect Donald Trumpās stunning victory impact the current war between Israel and Hamas?
Author Joel Rosenberg recently joined CBN News to discuss that very issue, exploring what could come next in a region roiled by violence and consternation.
āIsraelis overwhelmingly wanted Trump,ā he said. āThis is interesting, right? Because, obviously, unless youāre a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen like me, Israelis obviously canāt vote in the election.ā
That said, Rosenberg ā who cited polling showing 66% of Israel opted for Trump compared to just 17% who hoped Vice President Kamala Harris would win ā contends the election could have a huge impact on āhow this war is finished, whether itās actually won, and what our security and prosperity is going to be in the years ahead.ā
In particular, Rosenberg said polling results showing more support for Trump among Israelis before the election simply donāt match the rhetoric. Listen to him explain:
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āThis is after the Kamala Harris closing argument ā āTrumpās a Nazi, Trumpās a fascist, Trump is Hitler,'ā he continued. āIsraeli Jews and Israelis generally rejected that, and if there was any country that might think, āOh gosh, if somebodyās Hitler, we donāt want them aroundā .'ā
Rosenberg continued, āThe Israelis heard all the rhetoric, but they saw four years of Donald Trump in action, and he was super pro-Israel, and they saw President Biden and Kamala Harris on the stage for four years, and they are partially pro-Israel, but theyāre a bit schizophrenic.ā
Itās no secret the Biden administration has, at moments, clashed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over divergent views on how to handle the Hamas terror crisis. It is believed among some that Trumpās approach could be more consistently favorable to Israeli interests.
Regardless of what happens next, it already seems Trump is making good on his pledge to be pro-Israel, with the president-elect assembling what The Hill called āone of the most pro-Israel teams of any administration in history.ā
Watch Rosenberg explain why he believes key differences between Democrats and Republicans drove some of the aforementioned polling results:
As CBN News previously reported, Rosenberg also spoke with CBN News about Hamas, the war in Gaza, and how current events might play into what the Bible says about future happenings and the end of days.
āThat is the No. 1 question Iām getting asked ⦠āCan you put this in a prophetic context?āā Rosenberg said. āI would say, No. 1, weāre definitely in a birth pang, right? Jesus speaks in Matthew 24 that thereās going to be contractions and releases, moments of wars and rumors of wars, and kingdom against kingdom, nation against nation, as well as earthquakes and famines and other disasters.ā
He continued, āThose are contractions and, just like when your wife gets close to delivering, ⦠the contractions are longer and more painful, and the release moments are shorter.ā
Read more about Rosenbergās eschatological views as they pertain to the current crisis in the Middle East here.
