US campaign

Jeff Barak’s claim that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supports Hillary Clinton (“Netanyahu for Hillary,” Reality Check, August 1) is not substantiated, and certainly wasn’t reciprocated when the administrations of Clinton’s husband and the incumbent Barack Obama interfered in Israeli elections to have Mr. Netanyahu defeated.

Both Obama and Clinton support the Iran deal, which gives the ayatollah terror regime over $150 billion without any credible inspection of its nuclear and missile development programs. Donald Trump, on the other hand, says that as president, he would tear up this dangerous agreement.

If there is a question about “consistency and credibility,” one should look at Clinton’s claim that the consulate in Benghazi was attacked because of a video, and her lies to the FBI and Congress regarding the e-mail scandal.

There is a price to pay for American financial assistance, and that price is Israel’s independence to act in its own self-interest to survive. Will this “huge package” enable Obama – after Election Day – to go along with a UN vote to establish a Palestinian state based upon the 1948 cease-fire lines, since it will have already “set the seal on Obama’s pro Israel legacy”? IRA NOSENCHUK Jerusalem

In response to Jeff Barak’s claim that “no one has a real clue as to where [US Republican presidential nominee Donald] Trump stands on issues of vital importance to Israel,” does it really matter where Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton says she stands?

Clinton’s record shows that her word is less than reliable and that she’ll say whatever she needs to in order to get elected. Where’s the sense of security for Israel in that? COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN Gizo

The American presidential campaign is causing much anguish and concern among Israelis (as it is among US voters and in the international community).

Many Israelis view the possible election of Hillary Clinton to be a mortal danger to the state, as it will merely continue the eightyear Obama policy of Arab appeasement. As secretary of state, Clinton was directly responsible for carrying out the odious orders of her boss to weaken Israel and strengthen its enemies.

Yet this year brings us the unbelievable specter of Donald Trump emerging as Clinton’s rival.

Trump, the populist billionaire, defeated the entire gamut of primary candidates to win the nomination despite the fact that he has never held public office. But most importantly, this man has ranted and raved in his speeches against invented “enemies,” with insults and lies, thereby revealing a personality totally unfit for the US presidency. He has also praised Vladamir Putin and shown signs of an authoritarian dictatorship by a racist and cruel temperament.

It is in this reality that we must view his candidacy.

As dangerous as a Hillary Clinton presidency would be for Israel, can we allow an unstable demagogue and narcissist to be an American commander in chief and have Israel’s back? Are we to rely on his ever-changing statements and ignorant passions?

All registered US voters here in Israel are facing a dilemma never before seen in modern western history. Two dangers face Israel. Both candidates are certifiable liars, but only one will be the next president. Be careful whom you vote for because you might just get him (or her). YITZCHAK BEN-SHMUEL Modi’in