Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday met with a U.S. congressional delegation led by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.).
The prime minister told the members of Congress that the alliance between the United States and Israel has never been stronger, a reality he said would assist in achieving all of the objectives of the war against Hamas.
Over the past two days, Netanyahu has met with 23 members of the Congress, thanking them for their steadfast bipartisan support for Israel.
Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar hosted a U.S. House delegation headed by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and organized by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Jerusalem’s top diplomat said he briefed the visiting lawmakers on “regional issues,” highlighting “the potential threat of ISIS [Islamic State] in Syria.”
“I thanked them for passing House legislation against the ICC, which is waging legal warfare against Israel,” Sa’ar concluded, referring to the International Criminal Court case against Israeli officials over the war in Gaza.
On Monday, a bipartisan Senate delegation led by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sat down with Netanyahu at the Israel Defense Forces’ Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv.
They also met with Sa’ar, who according to a statement from his office told them that the Islamic Regime is seeking to compensate for its weakened position by obtaining nuclear weapons.
“We discussed regional issues, including Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, the Houthis and Iran,” the statement continued.
Later that night, speaking during a press conference at the David Kempinski Hotel in Tel Aviv, Graham told reporters that “the overarching theme” of the meetings with Israeli government officials was Iran.
“Iran with a nuke is a nightmare for the Jewish state; it’s a nightmare for the world because Arabs will want a nuclear weapon of their own, and you’ll have a nuclear arms race,” the lawmaker said, adding that the prospect of the regime developing the bomb keeps him up at night.
