Likud MK Nir Barkat, a former Jerusalem mayor, praised Johnson for seemingly defeating “the anti-Semitic Corbyn.”
“Knowing you in your role as London mayor, a member of Parliament and prime minister, I have no doubt that you will successfully lead the British nation and strengthen and deepen the UK-Israel partnership,” he wrote on Twitter.
Israeli Labor party MK Itzik Shmuli also celebrated Corbyn failing at the polls. “I would never of imagined I would be so happy about Labour’s defeat,” he tweeted.
Vladimir Sloutsker, president of the Israeli-Jewish Congress, congratulated Johnson on the projected results. “The relief among the Jewish community is palpable. And the gratitude.
But as the days and weeks move on, there is something on which we will reflect: the willingness of so many of our so-called allies to campaign for and embrace Jeremy Corbyn,” tweeted Stephen Pollard, editor of the Jewish Chronicle newspaper. He also called the exit poll results “the best possible.”
