How has the Israeli right responded to Trump's failure to condemn Nazis?

Question

I'm sure left-wing Israelis don't like Trump, so I'm more curious about Israelis on the political right. Trump has supported the goals of the Israeli right, such as an undivided Jerusalem, recognition of the Golan Heights as part of Israel, and voiding of the nuclear deal with Iran.

I'm asking because Trump has gained support from Nazis. That sounds hyperbolic, but there are news articles about self-described Nazis, swastikas and all, participating in the attempted coup on January 6th. That was only the most egregious example - from the beginning of his presidency, he received support from far-right antisemites of all kinds and refused to unambiguously condemn them, for example in the Charlottesville riot. Obama summarised Trump's response to the latter as 'How hard can it be to say "Nazis are bad"?'

Edit: the only answer and many comments so far say something like of course it's a contradiction, but Trump gave them what they wanted so they avoided talking about it. Of course that's true, but it misses the point. In a democracy politicians can't always choose what they want to talk about. At some point a right wing politician will have been taxed about this contradiction by a journalist, or one of their left wing opponents, or perhaps by the leader of a foreign power friendly to the Palestinian cause and hostile to Trump. When that happened, what was the right-wing Israeli politician's response?

Answer 1

Why should they respond in any particular way? With little sympathy to either Trump or right-wing Jews, support to Trump from Nazis needs to separated from Trump's own policies, which do generally "check the boxes" from a right wing Jewish viewpoint.

Suppose my government took action on global warming, something I would support. Let's say taking away corporate tax incentives for coal mining. Suppose again that that action was viewed favorably by Stalinist-type Communists (because of corporate disenfranchisement). Does it follow that, because I highly disapprove of Communists (no, that doesn't extend to normal left parties) I should now reverse my approval of my government?

True, if there was widespread approval from the Communist end of things and disapproval from everyone else then I might reexamine my assessment and wonder what was going on. Otherwise, I might just accept it as a coincidence of no great importance. Maybe because I didn't think it important, maybe because I'd rather not think too much about it.

And I would certainly avoid making public pronouncements about it.

This answer is not expressing support for any of the parties involved, be it either Trump or right wing Jewish parties. And certainly not Nazis. Nor is it absolving Trump of worrying behavior from the viewpoint of minorities, including Jewish people.

I just don't happen to see the value of slice and dicing politics in such black and white categories, people are going to act in complex ways, often holding self-contradictory beliefs if you look closely enough. And they are not obligated to shoot themselves in the foot to give you political ammunition.

And, yes, politicians can choose to talk about what they want. Witness for example Trump getting asked anything unpleasant during the debates - time to dodge the question by switching to "the radical left". Would his supporters care? Or in this case, would right wing Jewish people care? Not necessarily, if they thought this line of questioning was more to embarrass Trump than in good faith.

Not only that, but voters can always choose what news they want to listen to and you can bet pro-Trump news outlets get heavily purged of embarrassing news items.