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‘Yesssss’: Ben Gvir, Smotrich rejoice in projected Trump win

6 November 2024, 8:02 am 3 Edit
Religious Zionism party head MK Bezalel Smotrich (right) with Otzma Yehudit party head MK Itamar Ben Gvir in the Knesset, on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Religious Zionism party head MK Bezalel Smotrich (right) with Otzma Yehudit party head MK Itamar Ben Gvir in the Knesset, on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

A pair of far-right Israeli ministers appear to welcome Donald Trump on his likely US election win, though the victory isn’t yet final.

“God bless Israel; God bless America,” tweets Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich tweets in English, without explicitly mentioning Trump.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is more unequivocal, retweeting a post from July in which he wrote, “God Bless Trump,” and adding: “Yesssss.”

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