(New York Times) As Washington digested Prime Minister Netanyahu's surprisingly strong victory on Tuesday in Israel's elections, the consensus among Republicans and Democrats was that the strategic partnership between the U.S. and Israel remained intact. Members of both parties said that ties between the two countries were too deep and too crucial to be disrupted by the blowup over Netanyahu's address to Congress, and that the U.S. would stand alongside whatever new government was formed. "U.S.-Israeli relations are very strong," said Democratic leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). "It's important to our own national security to support the security of Israel." At the White House, where there was no doubt some disappointment that Netanyahu did not get his comeuppance, the view was that the resentment would not influence future relations with Israel.
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