US Ambassador to Israel congratulates Netanyahu on election win

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem on December 2, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem on December 2, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides says he just got off the phone with Likud chair Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he congratulated on winning Tuesday’s election.

Nides “told him I look forward to working together to maintain the unbreakable bond,” the envoy tweets.

Nides is the first US official to speak with Netanyahu since his election victory.

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