Settler leader calls Trump win ‘day of celebration’ for Israel

9 November 2016, 1:20 pm

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The head of Samaria Regional Council in the West Bank, Yossi Dagan, says welcomes Trump’s election victory, calling him a “true friend.”

From left, Yossi Dagan, Mark Zell and Abe Katzman celebrating the opening of the Republicans Overseas Israel office in the West Bank town of Karnei Shomron, Sept. 5, 2016. (Andrew Tobin)

“This is a day of celebration not only for the United States but also for Israel’s West Bank settlements. A true friend has won,” Dagan says, according to Israel National News. “I openly expressed my support for Trump during the election season because this was an important time for settlements, for Samaria, which now has a president who is a supporter and lover of Israel.”

Dagan adds: “We look forward to the first visit of the president-elect Trump and I also invite Trump to come to the West Bank, which is the cradle of Jewish history and the heart of the State of Israel.”