Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US Senator Joni Ernst and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, says the PMO.
The premier discussed with Ernst, a Republican from Iowa, and Schultz, a Florida Jewish Democrat, “the ongoing efforts to secure the release of the hostages, as well as the military campaign in Gaza aimed at destroying Hamas and preventing any future threat to Israel,” according to a readout from the PMO.
Netanyahu thanks the congresswomen for their “personal and bipartisan support” for Israel throughout the war, according to the statement.
In November, Ernst rejected and publicly criticized a proposal by Senate Democrats to block arms sales to Israel.
Schultz authored a bill approved by the House of Representatives in September to gain federal funding for a Jewish history museum to combat antisemitism and raise awareness for American Jewry.
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