Reaffirming the bond between Jerusalem and Washington DC

Jerusalem’s Mayor :: “Let’s make the U.S.-Israeli relationship great again!” The people of Israel join together with voices around the world to welcome the returned strength of a warm relationship between long-time allies in Jerusalem and Washington DC.

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IN REBUKE AGAINST OBAMA, JERUSALEM MAYOR URGES ISRAELIS TO SUPPORT TRUMP

Article Courtesy: JPost

In a full-throttled attack against US President Barack Obama, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat on Thursday released a video statement accusing the outgoing president of “surrendering to the Iranian’s and radical Islam,” as well as “abandoning Israel.”

While Barkat has made no secret of his opposition to the Obama Administration’s policies toward Israel, in the brief video he uses perhaps his strongest language to date to condemn the American president, and beseech all Israeli’s to support President-elect Donald Trump.

The video, emailed to Israelis with an accompanying letter of support for Trump, comes one day before the president-elect’s inauguration, as he doubles-down on his promise to relocate the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in multiple interviews with Israeli news publications.

Barkat sent the email with hopes of gaining letters of support for a national pro-Trump campaign.

“My fellow citizens,” Barkat says in Hebrew during the one-minute clip, “during the last eight years the Obama Administration has pushed for a building settlement freeze. He has surrendered to the Iranian’s and radical Islam, and has abandoned Israel to a hostile UN resolution.”

“This week, President Donald Trump enters the White House,” he continued. “Let’s all welcome him together as our friend, thereby conveying a clear message to the world: Jerusalem is Israel’s undivided capital!”

The video then cuts to a previous Trump speech, where he states: “We will move the American Embassy to Jerusalem – to the eternal capital of the Jewish People.”

Barkat concludes by asking Israelis to “join me, and sign a letter supporting President Trump’s decision to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem, and his decision to support the State of Israel. Let’s make the US and Israel’s relationship great again!”

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