Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked President Donald Trump for his endorsement ahead of the Israeli elections scheduled for Oct. 27, saying that “there’s never been a greater friend of Israel in the White House.”

“President Trump, my dear friend Donald, I’m so honored and humbled by your extraordinary endorsement. I could say — and that’s easy —there’s never been a greater friend of Israel in the White House,” the Israeli premier said in a video statement.

“That’s an understatement, not by the longest shot, but I think America has been fortunate to have a leader of conviction, of clarity, of courage, who faces down this threat to America and to Israel,” he added, explaining that Trump understood that a murderous regime that has both Israel and the United States in its crosshairs is a threat that cannot be ignored and that Trump met the threat head-on without wavering in the face of internal criticism.

“You’re focused, laser focused, on the task of removing this threat from this current generation of Americans, from all future generations. You’ve shown remarkable consistency and remarkable leadership,” Netanyahu said.

Addressing the American people directly, the prime minister said that high gas prices will become irrelevant if Iran obtains a nuclear weapon, which he vowed that he, with the president’s help, “will never allow.” He also expressed the belief that only Trump could eliminate the Iranian threat.

“The world has been fortunate, America has been fortunate, America’s allies have been fortunate, Israel has been fortunate, and the Jewish people have been fortunate to have a leader of such clarity, consistency, conviction, and courage as Donald J. Trump,” Netanyahu concluded. “Donald, thank you. Thank you for your enduring support. Thank you for your unbelievable leadership. Thank you, friend.”

In a separate video statement, Netanyahu urged voters to heed Trump’s endorsement and head to the polls to cast a vote for him.

“Trump said we did wonderful things together. We crushed Iran, we crushed the Iranian axis, and we pushed back the immediate threat of nuclear weapons against us,” Netanyahu said.

Arguing that the issue of Iran constituted the main issue during this election season, since for Israel the threat from the tyrannical regime is existential, he said, “The president says he will do it, and that he will do it only if the two of us do it together. Therefore, I ask you: Listen to him, consider his words and vote for me.”