Netanyahu stresses need for Israel-US dialogue on Iran to visiting US lawmakers

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the importance of shared discussion on dismantling Iran’s nuclear program with a bipartisan delegation of US congress members, the Prime Minister’s Office says.

In a meeting with the American lawmakers, Netanyahu emphasizes Israel’s “ongoing efforts to advance a framework for the release of hostages; the importance of dialogue with the US administration to ensure that Iran’s nuclear program is completely dismantled; and the IDF’s determined campaign to destroy Hamas’s military and governing capabilities in the Gaza Strip,” says the PMO.

The delegation, led by House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, participated earlier today in Holocaust Remembrance Day events and “expressed unequivocal bipartisan support for Israel and its actions against terrorist organizations and the Iranian axis,” according to the PMO.

The meeting was attended by seven additional congressmen and the deputy US Ambassador to Israel, while Israeli participants included National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi, senior PMO officials, and Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar also met separately with the group.