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ISRAELI LEADERS and top
American Jewish organiza-
tions have congratulated Joe
Biden and Kamala Harris on
their election victory, despite
President Donald Trump
protesting the result.

Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu alluded
to his long relationship with
Biden in a congratulatory
tweet, which was posted Nov.

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the voting result showed him
winning Pennsylvania’s vote,
and thus the Electoral College
and the presidency.

“Congratulations @JoeBiden
and @KamalaHarris,” Netanyahu
tweeted. “Joe, we’ve had a long &
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warm personal relationship for
nearly 40 years, and I know you
as a great friend of Israel. I look
forward to working with both
of you to further strengthen the
special alliance between the U.S.

and Israel.”
Biden also received congrat-
ulations from Jewish groups,
including the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee,
the largest pro-Israel lobby in
Washington, D.C.

“AIPAC congratulates
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice
President-elect Kamala Harris
on their election victory,” the
AIPAC statement read. “Despite
the current profound political
polarization, there remains a
resolute bipartisan commitment
to the U.S.-Israel alliance as both
presidential tickets took strong
pro-Israel positions.”
The Anti-Defamation
League and the American
Jewish Committee were among
the other Jewish groups who
off ered congratulations to the
Democratic ticket.

Biden has a reputation for
being a friend to Israel, and
has spoken frequently of his
relationships with Israel’s
leaders of decades past, as well
as with Netanyahu. When he
won the Democratic nomina-
tion earlier this year, it was
seen as a victory for the tradi-
tionally pro-Israel camp within
the Democratic Party over
elements of the party that are
more critical of Israel.

Via Twitter
AIPAC, Netanyahu Congratulate Biden on Win
But he will be succeeding a
president popular with most
Israelis and their center-right
coalition government. Trump’s
policies unabashedly favored
Israel’s government throughout
his administration, and he
consistently received high
approval ratings from Israelis,
an outlier among international
opinion polls on Trump’s
performance. He was partic-
ularly close with Netanyahu,
who featured Trump in his
own reelection campaigns this
year and last.

Trump likewise touted
his Middle East policies on
the campaign trail, including
moving the U.S. embassy
from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,
recognizing disputed Israeli
territorial claims, withdrawing
from the Iran nuclear agree-
ment and, in recent months,
brokering diplomatic agree-
ments between Israel and three
Arab nations.

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whose background photo on his
Twitter account features him
and Trump, followed up his
congratulations to Biden with
a tweet thanking Trump for
his actions.

“Thank you @realDon-
aldTrump for the friendship
you have shown the state of
Israel and me personally, for
recognizing Jerusalem and
the Golan, for standing up
to Iran, for the historic peace
accords and for bringing the
American-Israeli alliance
to unprecedented heights,”
he wrote.

Other Israeli politicians,
including Defense Minister
Benny Gantz and Foreign
Minister Gabi Ashkenazi,
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JEWISH EXPONENT
congratulated Biden earlier
in the night. Gantz extended
“heartfelt congratulations” to
Biden, whom he called a”long-
time supporter and friend of
Israel.” He expressed optimism
in a tweet thread and also
thanked Trump for his pro-Is-
rael policies.

Gantz is slated to become
prime minister of Israel late
next year in a rotation with
Netanyahu. “I look forward to
continuing to deepen the stead-
fast bond and strong defense
ties between our peoples, as
allies in the eff ort to strengthen
democracy, stability, and peace
worldwide,” he wrote. “Th e
Middle East has taken major
steps forward thanks to the
president’s bold leadership over
these four years, and for that
we are immensely grateful.”
Ashkenazi tweeted that
Biden’s “friendship and distin-
guished record of support for
Israel dates back nearly half a
century.” Israel’s leader of the opposi-
tion, Yair Lapid, tweeted,
“Congratulations to my friend
President-Elect @JoeBiden
and Vice President-Elect @
KamalaHarris. Th e relation-
ship between our countries is
based on deeply held values and
critical shared interests which
I know will be at the heart of
your administration.” ●
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