Meeting Netanyahu, McCarthy says ‘world is safer’ when US and Israel are close

1 May 2023, 3:15 pm 1 Edit

In this handout photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, May 1, 2023. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

In a joint statement alongside visiting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hails a recent measure marking Israel’s 75th anniversary that was approved by an overwhelming majority of US representatives.

“To get 95 percent agreement on anything today is no mean matter and I think it expresses the strength of that alliance and the strength of that support,” the premier says.

McCarthy says Israel-US ties have “grown each and every year” since the Jewish state’s establishment in 1948.

“I look to the next 75 years,” he tells Netanyahu.

McCarthy adds: “The world is better when America and Israel are tighter. The world is safer.”