Israeli settlers court Republican religious right after Hamas attacks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Ever since Oct. 7, Lieberman and others have intensified their efforts, hoping to influence the Republican Party's position ahead of the November U.S. election that could return Trump to office.
48% : The people Reuters spoke to described grassroots groups of settlers, members of Israel's religious right and conservative Christians working to convince Trump and the Republican Party to drop longstanding U.S. support for a Palestinian state, arguing it rewarded the Oct. 7 violence.
40% : She said Israel had never had a better friend in the White House than Trump.
39% : He said he had not discussed the plan with Trump.
37% : Ohad Tal, a lawmaker with the hardline Religious Zionism party who lives in Gush Etzion, said settler leaders who seek to annex West Bank lands permanently were increasingly looking to Trump and his evangelical allies for support.
30% : Starting on the night of Oct. 7, Wolicki said, he began gathering similar-minded leaders together in a campaign they called "Keep God's Land" that aims to influence Trump and the Republican Party to reject a two-state solution, using U.S. religious media outlets and conferences to lobby against Biden's argument for a Palestinian state.
29% : While Trump has suggested U.S. policy could change, neither he nor the party have been explicit about their position towards a Palestinian state if they win the election.

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