Chemi Peres, the son of late president Shimon Peres is urging Donald Trump to be a great president.
Peres, speaking at the closing of the Jewish Federations of North America convention, wished the president-elect “the best of luck.”
“When President Kennedy was elected, he asked David Ben Gurion for advice: ‘What should I do to be a good President for Israel?’ Ben Gurion replied without hesitation: ’Be a great President for the United States’,” Peres tells the gathering.
US President Barack Obama hands a tissue to a weeping Chemi Peres, at the funeral of his father, former President Shimon Peres, September 30, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
“I am sure President-elect Trump will maintain the unbreakable link between Israel and the US, at the core of which are the unwavering support of Israel’s security, and the forever extended hand for peace.”
Shimon Peres died in September aged 93.
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