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‘Shehecheyanu: Dermer quotes Jewish prayer of gratitude to thank Trump

US President Donald Trump, accompanied by US Holocaust Memorial Council Chairman Tom Bernstein, center, and Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer, participates in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's National Days of Remembrance ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 25, 2017. (AP/ Pablo Martinez Monsivais/ File)
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, who has been Israel’s point-man in ties with the Trump administration, praises the US president after authorizing a strike against Iran’s nuclear program.
“Blessed are You, Lord our God, Ruler of the Universe, who has given us life, sustained us, and allowed us to reach this day,” Dermer tweets, quoting a Jewish prayer of gratitude that is recited on special occasions.
Defense Minister Israel Katz also congratulates Trump for his “historic decision “to destroy the three nuclear sites.”
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