"I do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination," Cameron told reporters on Friday.

“Israelis today live in fear of acts of terror that can turn peaceful marketplaces and neighborhoods into scenes of violence and horror,” Reps. Keith Ellison and Luis Gutierrez said.

The Israeli relationship with the EU, however, is another story.

For decades, the Palestinian Authority has maintained a program that provides regular monthly stipends to men and women convicted by Israel of murder or terrorism.

The EU for its part will be economically and politically damaged, facing the departure not only of its most free-market proponent but also a member with a UN Security Council veto and powerful army.

Obama, during a visit to London in April, had argued passionately against Brexit, or Britain's exit from the EU, in an unusually strong intervention into British politics.

Israel loses good friend in Cameron, but leading contenders to succeed him – Johnson, Osborne – also very friendly.

Corbyn voted no to the EU's predecessor in a 1975 referendum, but campaigned for a 'Remain' vote at Thursday's ballot.