NEW YORK: Israeli lawmakers and Zionist union members have hailed US president-elect Donald Trump’s victory in US Presidential Election 2016.
Republican candidate abandoned the two-state solution during the presidential campaign.
Felicitating the Republican candidate on Wednesday, Bayit Yehudi chairman and Education Minister Naftali Bennett said “the era of a Palestinian state is over.” – reported DailyPakistan.
Looking forward to the promises of the Republican candidate’s acceptance speech, “not the campaign,” the Israeli minister also thanked defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton for her friendship to the de-facto Jewish state in Palestine.
Some 33 percent of respondents chose Trump, the Republican Party’s front-runner for presidency, as the most pro-Israel among the candidates, and 31 percent chose Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, according to the findings released Wednesday by the Ruderman Family Foundation.
Speaking in the Knesset plenum (the Israeli parliament), Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud) gave his congratulations to Trump on Wednesday morning: “Distinguished Members of Knesset, allow me to congratulate, on behalf of the Knesset and myself, the elected President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald J. Trump and Vice President elect Mr. Mike Pence.
“I am confident that the longstanding friendship and alliance between the United States and Israel will remain strong during Mr. Trump’s term in office.
“We send our best wishes to the American People and are certain that they will remain united in dealing with the challenges facing America and the world today. Good luck!”
The Israeli speaker gave his address in English, an irregular step for Israeli politicians speaking in the Kneest.
Opposition MKs weighed in too, with Zionist Union co-leader Tzipi Livni congratulating Trump.
“Congratulations @realDonaldTrump,” she wrote on Twitter. “I hope for the US and the world that he actualize [sic] the promises of his acceptance speech, not the campaign.”
Zionist Union chairman Isaac Herzog also reacted, saying the campaign was indicative of “the continuation of a global trend of disgust with the old, power elite and the desire for swift and direct change.”
He called the Trump election a “social, economic and leadership tsunami,” and said it could lead to change in Israel as well.
Likud Minister Ophir Akunis addressed Trump directly on Twitter, writing: “Congratulations Mr. President Elect. The American people have spoken. The alliance between Israel and the United States is strong and will remain strong.”
Striking a more ambivalent tone, Nachman Shai (Zionist Union) said the result was “not the end of the world.”
The story originally appeared in DailyPakistan.
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