President Reuven Rivlin speaks to US President-elect Joe Biden on the phone to congratulate him, becoming the first senior Israeli official to do so.
Says Rivlin: “The United States of America has no stronger ally than the State of Israel, there is nothing stronger than the friendship between the American people and the Israeli people, and the president of the United States of America has no greater friend than the president of the State of Israel, as we have proved over the years.”
“As a long-standing friend of the State of Israel, you know that our friendship is based on values that are beyond partisan politics and that we have no doubt that, under your leadership, the United States is committed to Israel’s security and success,” adds Rivlin.
“I was happy to welcome you to Jerusalem as vice president, and I would be happy to welcome you here when you come to Jerusalem as President,” he says.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to speak to Biden.
President Reuven Rivlin, left, with then-US vice president Joe Biden at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on March 9, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
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