Haaretz in Hebrew:
Netanyahu put great pressure on Trump in order to escalate the confrontation with Iran before the Knesset elections.
Iran threatened to harm Israel, and Trump rejected Netanyahu's request for escalation before the Knesset elections.
Netanyahu has recently made tremendous efforts to reignite the war with Iran in a direct confrontation between himself and the senior leadership of the Israeli army.
-Netanyahu fought to stay in power until the last moment.
-At Netanyahu's request, Trump was forced to issue a second statement of support for his candidacy in less than a week.