US envoy to Israel declines to comment on race

US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro tells a conference in Tel Aviv that the US election has not been decided yet and therefore he will not comment on the outcome.

US Ambassador Dan Shapiro speaks at the 9th Annual International Conference of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv on January 18, 2016. (Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv)
US Ambassador Dan Shapiro speaks at the 9th Annual International Conference of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv on January 18, 2016. (Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv)

Even if a president-elect is called in the coming moments, he would not comment on future US policies, he says at an event hosted by the Institute for National Security Studies.

Rather, the ambassador gives a lengthy speech highlighting various elements of Israeli-American cooperation, saying that the next administration will inherit a strong and stable relationship that encompasses many areas.

— Raphael Ahren

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