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Sunak congratulates Netanyahu: ‘Look forward to working with returning PM’
Prime Minister Sunak became the latest world leader to congratulate Netanyahu on winning the Israeli election
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu on winning the Israeli election, saying he looks forward to “working with the returning Prime Minister.”
On behalf of the UK, I would like to congratulate @netanyahu on his victory in the Israeli elections.
Across areas like trade, security and technology there is a huge amount our countries do together and I look forward to working with the returning Prime Minister.
— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) November 7, 2022
Sunak became the latest world leader to congratulate Netanyahu, with France’s Emmanuel Macron, Hungary’s Victor Orban, India’s Narendra Modi and Italy’s Georgia Meloni among the leaders preceding Sunak.
Orban went as far as posing with a picture of him next to Netanyahu’s newly published memoirs.
What a great victory for Benjamin @Netanyahu in Israel! Hard times require strong leaders. Welcome back! pic.twitter.com/gF9SNkEuNW
— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) November 3, 2022
Observers in Israel have pointed out that Netanyahu is yet to receive a phone call from U.S. President Joe Biden, Israel’s most important ally.
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