Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu congratulated newly-elected British Prime Minister David Cameron on his reelection Friday.
Cameron beat off his Labour rivals handily to secure a shock majority in a poll which until election day had been thought to be neck-and-neck between him and Opposition Leader Ed Miliband.
“Congrats to @David_Cameron on impressive victory renewed mandate. I look forward to working with you on shared goals of peace prosperity,” Netanyahu tweeted.
With 643 of the 650 seats up for grabs already declared, the BBC is predicting Cameron’s Conservatives will pick up 331 to secure a slim but sufficient majority of six.
Labour have come in second and are predicted to receive 232; leader Ed Miliband announced his resignation after the party’s disappointing performance. The Liberal Democrats are expected to finish with just 8 – down from 57, prompting their leader Nick Clegg to resign as well. The Scottish National Party (SNP) will receive 56, Plaid Cymru 3, UKIP 1, the Greens 1 and others 19.
The win for Cameron will leave Israel – and most British Jews – feeling relieved. Under the Conservative leader UK-Israel relations have flourished, with record trade reported in 2014; in contrast outgoing Labour leader Ed Miliband led his party on a leftward march which saw it taking increasingly anti-Israel positions.
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