Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Donald Trump for winning the U.S. 2024 presidential elections, even before the results were officially called.
Congratulations on history’s greatest comeback!" Netanyahu said in a post on X.
"Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America. This is a huge victory!" he wrote adding his wife Sara to the message.
Netanyahu has spared with the Biden administration over his handling of the war and made little secret of his hopes for a Trump return.
His far-right coalition partners were also quick to celebrate Trump's success.
Trump declares victory
(Fox News)
"Yesssss, God bless Trump," National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on X. Bezalel Smitrich said: "God bless Israel, God bless America."
Trump declared victory in a speech earlier promising his term to be the golden age of America and thanking those who voted for him including Muslim and Arab Americans.
Trump voiced his anger and disappointment at Netanyahu who was among the last leaders to congratulate U.S. President Joe Biden after his win in the last elections.
Trump also said he wants the Gaza war to end. In an interview with Fox News last March, he said he had told the prime minister as much. "You have to finish it up and do it quickly, and get back to a world of peace." Trump told Fox, "We need peace in the world. We were close to it. We made the Abraham Accords, I bet you I would’ve had Iran in the Abraham Accords."
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