Ben Gvir concludes US visit after meeting GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir wraps up his visit to the United States and will return to Israel this evening, announces his office.

Ben Gvir ended his visit with meetings at the Capitol last night with four Republican lawmakers, including one who heads the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee.

The congressmen “expressed their full support for Israel,” says the minister’s office in a statement.

“During the visit to Congressional offices, a group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators supporting Hamas attempted to provoke a disturbance, shouting slogans against Israel and against Minister Ben Gvir,” the statement continues.

“In response, the minister replied: ‘The State of Israel will prevail. Our land will remain in our hands. Nothing you do will help you,’” says his office.

Ben Gvir said yesterday he didn’t come to the Hill with a particular agenda, besides providing lawmakers an opportunity to get to know him.

The far-right Israeli lawmaker said he wasn’t urged during meetings to change Israeli policy, and that a number of Republican Congress members updated him on their efforts to crack down on the finances of pro-Palestinian groups in the US.

Ben Gvir was only in DC for one day, having spent the rest of his US visit making stops in Florida, Connecticut, and New York.

Jacob Magid contributed to this report.