美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)似乎将反犹太主义归咎于以色列，称以色列在回应哈马斯10月7日的袭击时犯了一个“重大错误”，正在失去世界各地的“大量支持”。但他也指出，面对这样的袭击，他会做出与以色列“非常相似”的回应。
上周末，特朗普在Mar-a-Lago与以色列名店Israel Hayom坐在一起，这家店由已故共和党大捐赠者和赌场大亨谢尔登·阿德尔森的家族所有。当他被问及他将如何应对以色列-哈马斯战争后的反犹太主义浪潮时，特朗普说“那是因为你进行了反击”。
“嗯，那是因为你反击了。我认为以色列犯了一个非常大的错误，”据报道，特朗普在采访的一部分中说，这段采访仅以文本形式发布，他呼吁人们关注以色列政府发布的令人痛心的战争图片。
“我想打电话给(以色列)说不要这样做。这些照片和镜头。据报道，特朗普继续说道:“我的意思是，移动镜头中的炸弹被扔进了加沙的建筑物。“我说，哦，那是一幅可怕的画像。这对世界来说是一幅非常糟糕的画面。全世界都看到了这一点...每天晚上，我都会看着建筑物倒塌砸向人们。它会说这是由国防部提供的，并说无论是谁提供的，这都是一个坏形象。”
据报道，当Israel Hayom跟进报道，声称恐怖分子藏在建筑物中时，特朗普回应说:“去做你必须做的事情。但你不这样做。”
“我认为这是遭到大量反对的原因之一。如果人们没有看到这一点，我每天晚上都会看每一个这样的节目。我认为以色列想表明它很强硬，但有时你不应该这样做，”这位前总统继续说。
根据以色列当局的说法，哈马斯于2023年10月7日从加沙发动了前所未有的袭击，从空中、陆地和海上侵入以色列南部，造成1200多人死亡，另有253人被劫为人质。根据哈马斯控制的加沙卫生部的数据，自10月7日以来，在以色列持续不断的地面行动和对加沙地带的空中轰炸中，加沙已有31，400多名巴勒斯坦人死亡，72，000多人受伤。
以色列国防军表示，他们只是针对哈马斯和加沙的其他武装分子，并声称哈马斯故意躲在平民身后，但该组织否认这一点。
在采访的另一部分，作为10分钟剪辑视频的一部分发布，特朗普警告以色列“正在失去世界的很多支持”，并敦促以色列结束战争。
“我会说以色列必须非常小心，因为你正在失去世界上的很多东西。你正在失去很多支持，”特朗普说，这超出了他呼吁和平的一贯路线。“但你必须完成。你必须完成任务。你必须平静下来。你必须为以色列和其他所有人过上正常的生活。”
当被问及他将如何应对10月7日哈马斯发动的袭击时，特朗普表示他将“采取和你一样的行动”，称“不这样做的人一定是疯了。”
在以色列海约姆的采访中，特朗普一直在指责总统乔·拜登，他说:“但这是一次我归咎于拜登的袭击，因为他们不尊重他。”
随后，特朗普在采访中表示，他认为以色列需要改善“公共关系”，声称过去美国的亲以色列势力要强大得多。
在竞选过程中，特朗普一直标榜自己是历史上最亲以色列的美国总统，经常吹捧他在第一个任期内将美国驻以色列大使馆迁至耶路撒冷的作用，并声称他将在去年哈马斯袭击后“毫不犹豫地100%支持以色列”。
特朗普本人也没有停止对这场战争发表贬低性的评论，他去年在拉斯维加斯对一群犹太共和党人说:“以色列和哈马斯之间的冲突不是两个平等方之间的冲突。这是一场文明与野蛮的战斗。正派与堕落之间，善良与邪恶之间。”
特朗普在拉斯维加斯举行的共和党犹太联盟会议上说:“对这些怪物不能有同情、借口和逃避，我们将做必须做的事情。
特朗普最近因说犹太民主党人“仇恨以色列”和“应该为自己感到羞耻”而面临反弹，他在周末再次回应了类似的情绪，声称犹太裔美国人不应该投票给民主党人。
“我认为这意味着你永远不应该投票给他们。一个犹太人怎么会投票给卡玛拉·哈里斯呢?”特朗普说，当被问及副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯的继女埃拉·埃姆霍夫据称帮助联合国近东巴勒斯坦难民救济和工程处(近东救济工程处)筹集资金时，特朗普说。近东救济工程处是在加沙运作的主要联合国人道主义组织，其一些工作人员被以色列指控参与了10月7日的袭击。
“如果不成功，你可能会得到卡玛拉·哈里斯，你现在已经得到她了。如果(拜登)出了什么事，你有她，”特朗普说。
Trump appears to blame Israel for antisemitism, says Israel 'made a very big mistake' and is 'losing a lot of support'
Former President Donald Trump appeared to blame Israel for antisemitism, saying Israel made a "big mistake" in its response to Hamas' attack on Oct. 7 and is "losing a lot of support" from around the world. But he also noted that he would have responded "very much the same" as Israel did against such an attack.
Sitting down at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend with Israeli outlet Israel Hayom, which is owned by the late major Republican megadonor and casino mogul Sheldon Adelson's family, Trump said "that's because you fought back," when he was asked how he would deal with a wave of antisemitism in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.
"Well, that's because you fought back. And I think Israel made a very big mistake," Trump reportedly said in a part of the interview that was released only in text, calling attention to the harrowing images from the war released by the Israeli government.
"I wanted to call [Israel] and say don't do it. These photos and shots. I mean, moving shots of bombs being dropped into buildings in Gaza," Trump reportedly continued. "And I said, Oh, that's a terrible portrait. It's a very bad picture for the world. The world is seeing this ... every night, I would watch buildings pour down on people. It would say it was given by the Defense Ministry, and said whoever's providing that, that's a bad image."
When Israel Hayom followed up, claiming terrorists are hiding in buildings, Trump reportedly responded: "Go and do what you have to do. But you don't do that."
"And I think that's one of the reasons that there has been a lot of kickback. If people didn't see that, every single night I've watched every single one of those. And I think Israel wanted to show that it's tough, but sometimes you shouldn't be doing that," the former president continued.
Hamas carried out an unprecedented incursion from Gaza into southern Israel by air, land and sea on Oct. 7, 2023, killing more than 1,200 people and taking 253 others hostage, according to Israeli authorities. More than 31,400 Palestinians have been killed and more than 72,000 others have been injured in Gaza since Oct. 7, amid Israel's ongoing ground operations and aerial bombardment of the strip, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.
The Israel Defense Forces has said it is only targeting Hamas and other militants in Gaza and alleges that Hamas deliberately shelters behind civilians, which the group denies.
In another part of the interview, released as a part of a 10-minute edited video, Trump warned Israel that it's "losing a lot of support" from the world and urged it to end the war.
"I will say Israel has to be very careful because you're losing a lot of the world. You're losing a lot of support," Trump said, going beyond his usual line of calling for peace. "But you have to finish up. You have to get the job done. And you have to get on to peace. You have to get on to a normal life for Israel and for everybody else."
When asked how he would react to an attack like that of Hamas on Oct. 7, Trump said he would "act very much the same as you did," saying "you would have to be crazy not to."
Throughout the Israel Hayom interview, Trump blamed President Joe Biden, saying, in part: "But it was an attack that I blame on Biden because they have no respect for him."
Later in the interview, Trump said he believed Israel needs to improve in "public relations," claiming that pro-Israel forces were much stronger in the United States in the past.
On the campaign trail, Trump has branded himself as the most pro-Israel U.S. president in history, often touting his role in the first term moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and claiming he'd stand with Israel "all the way 100% without hesitation" after the Hamas attack last year.
Trump himself has not refrained from making disparaging comments about the war, telling a group of Jewish Republicans in Las Vegas last year: "The conflict between Israel and Hamas is not a conflict between two equal sides. This is a fight between civilization and savagery. Between decency and depravity and between good and evil."
"There can be no sympathy, no excuses and no escape for these monsters and we will do what has to be done," Trump said at the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in Las Vegas.
After he recently faced backlash for saying Jewish Democrats "hate Israel" and "should be ashamed of themselves," Trump again echoed a similar sentiment over the weekend, claiming Jewish Americans should not vote for Democrats.
"I think that means you should never vote for them. How could a Jewish person vote for Kamala Harris?" Trump said, when asked about Vice President Kamala Harris' stepdaughter Ella Emhoff reportedly helping raise money for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the main U.N. humanitarian organization operating in Gaza and some of whose staff have been accused by Israel of participating in the Oct. 7 attack.
"You might have Kamala Harris if this doesn't work out, you have her right now. If something happened to [Biden], you have her," Trump said.
