Speaking in the Knesset, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir again welcomes Donald Trump’s presumptive US election victory, stating that now “this is the time for sovereignty, this is the time for complete victory.”
It is also the time to pass a death penalty for terrorists and “all kinds of laws [on which] I have no doubt that the president of the United States will see eye to eye” with us, he adds.
National Unity chief Benny Gantz declares Donald Trump “a true friend of Israel” in an English-language tweet, stating this has been “demonstrated [this] through not only his words but actions.”
“Throughout his former tenure, he brokered the Abraham Accords, officially recognised the Golan Heights as part of Israel, and moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem,” Gantz writes.
“Against the backdrop of emboldened Iranian aggression in the region, its race to nuclear capabilities, and the paramount efforts to return the hostages home, President Trump’s leadership will not only ensure the US continues to be a special friend and ally to the State of Israel but a vital beacon of moral clarity to the Middle East and the world. Thank you, and congratulations, Mr. President.”
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Netanyahu’s party scorns opposition chiefs’ criticism of Gallant’s firing
Hitting back at criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to fire Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the prime minister’s Likud party launches a withering attack on the opposition, without addressing any of the arguments made by the four opposition party chiefs today.
“When the left led by [Yair] Golan, [Yair] Lapid and [Benny] Gantz together with [Avigdor] Liberman stands by Gallant’s side, that says everything,” a party spokesman says in a statement, following a joint press conference by the heads of the Yesh Atid, National Unity, Yisrael Beytenu and The Democrats parties.
“Just two years ago, the four of them formed a government together with the Muslim Brotherhood party” — a reference to the Islamist Ra’am party — “and made a surrender agreement with Hezbollah — and they still dare to talk about security?” he asks.
“Just a few months ago, Liberman mocked Gallant and said that ‘we don’t have a defense minister, we have a threats minister.’ And two months ago, Gantz stated that Gallant must resign,” the spokesman continues.
PA’s Abbas voices confidence Trump will back Palestinian aspirations for statehood
I wonder if the President-elect will restart the Abraham Accords push and declare his support of a two-state solution? My instincts tell me during this political interim a big pull up to heaven will occur...ἁρπάζω harpázō.
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