“You have a massive contribution to Israel’s security, in academia, in industry, in high-tech and everywhere, including in my own office,” said the Israeli prime minister.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s greeting for 2026, translated from Hebrew, to the Commonwealth of Independent States, an intergovernmental organization of several former Soviet republics:
“I want to wish all those from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) a Happy New Year! Snovym Godom!
“We have now passed two years of the War of Redemption. We have achieved tremendous accomplishments. We operated on seven fronts and prevailed over all our enemies. We did this thanks to the immense heroism of our fighters, among whom are many immigrants from the CIS countries.