Opposition Leader Lapid congratulates Biden on US presidential win

7 November 2020, 6:54 pm

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Opposition Leader Yair Lapid congratulates Joe Biden after the Democratic nominee was projected to be the next US president, defeating Donald Trump.

“Congratulations to the president-elect, my friend Joe Biden and his vice president-elect Kamala Harris. The relationship between Israel [and] the US is based on shared values and interests that I’m sure will be at the heart of your work,” Lapid, who heads the Yesh Atid party, says in a statement.

He adds: “I except to work with the new administration and with members of both parties in Congress to deepen and strengthen the special relations between Israel and the United States.”