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Monday, April 4, 2016
Visiting congressional delegation expresses ‘strong support for Israel’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has wrapped up a meeting with a delegation of US congresspeople, including House Speaker Paul Ryan.
In a terse statement, the PMO says the bipartisan delegation “expressed strong support for Israel.”
Speaking to The Times of Israel on Sunday, Ryan said he chose to visit Israel now “to reinforce our alliance” and to underline his conviction that the US-Israel partnership should and will grow stronger in the future.
He also rebuffed rumors he could be a compromise Republican nominee for president.
On Sunday, Netanyahu’s office denied he had told a Democratic senator he was concerned by anti-Muslim rhetoric in the US Republican presidential nomination campaign, saying Jerusalem took pains to stay out of US politics.
The Times of Israel Community.