Netanyahu hosts Fetterman in Jerusalem, gifts US senator ‘silver pager’ inspired by Hezbollah op

By Jacob Magid

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19 March 2025, 10:40 pm

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Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

(L-R) US Senator John Fetterman, Gisele Fetterman, Sara Netanyahu and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on March 19, 2025. (Amos Ben Gershom/ GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara met earlier this evening with Democratic US Senator John Fetterman and his wife Gisele, at the premier’s office in Jerusalem.

Fetterman has been the most outspoken Democratic senator in support of Israel, and just about the only one in the party who has expressed support for Netanyahu and his hardline government.

Netanyahu expressed his appreciation to Fetterman for his support during the meeting, the premier’s office says.

The prime minister also presented Fetterman with a silver pager, which was inspired by the Israeli military operation last year that saw the mass detonation of thousands of Hezbollah communication devices. Netanyahu presented a similar pager to US President Donald Trump during his visit to the White House last month, though the gift for Trump was golden.

For his part, Fetterman presents the prime minister with an original news article from 1986 showing Netanyahu visiting a memorial for his late brother Yoni.