Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed on Sunday that he had spoken three times by phone in the past few days with Republican Donald Trump, the winner of the US presidential election held last Tuesday.

"Trump and I spoke three times in the past few days. They were good and very important talks, and there is a common view of the Iranian threat," Netanyahu said at a press conference.

"These were very good and important talks, aimed at strengthening the solid alliance between Israel and the United States," he continued.

Netanyahu added: "We share views on the Iranian threat in all its aspects, and the danger it poses."

He added: "We also see the great opportunities available to Israel in the areas of peace and expanding its scope, and in other areas," he claimed.

Netanyahu was the first to congratulate Trump, after he was declared the winner of the US presidential election last Wednesday.

Netanyahu sent a message to Trump and his wife Melania, a copy of which was sent by his office to Anadolu Agency, beginning with the phrase: "Congratulations on the greatest comeback in history."

"This is a great victory," Netanyahu said, signing the letter with his name and that of his wife Sara, over Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and outgoing Vice President Joe Biden.

Observers believe that Republicans and Democrats are “two sides of the same coin” in supporting Israel, and even compete in this regard, due to the financial and political influence that Jewish lobby groups have in Washington, in addition to the common interests between the two parties.

During his first presidential term, Trump provided significant support to Tel Aviv, and in 2017 decided to consider occupied East Jerusalem the capital of Israel and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv, which the Palestinians reject and violates relevant international resolutions.

Since the beginning of the genocidal war on Gaza, in October 2023, the Biden administration has provided Israel with strong support at the military, intelligence and political levels.

The genocide resulted in more than 146,000 Palestinian deaths and injuries, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing, amidst massive destruction and famine that killed dozens of children and the elderly, in one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world.

For decades, Israel has occupied Arab lands in Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, and rejects the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the borders before the 1967 war with East Jerusalem as its capital.