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Thursday, February 6, 2025
PM’s office says US senate leadership expressed ‘unqualified support’ for Netanyahu, Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
The Prime Minister’s Office says that during a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and bipartisan senate leadership, the US lawmakers expressed “unqualified support for the Prime Minister and Israel, and praised Israel’s achievements in the war.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells the senators that “Iran must be prevented from obtaining nuclear weapons and that Hamas in Gaza must be eliminated.”
The senators promised to pass a law punishing the International Criminal Court, says the PMO.
Among those in attendance were Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who has fiercely criticized the Israeli premier in the past.
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